as the snow melts on the lofty mountains, the snow which the East Wind thaws when the West Wind has strewn it,
ὡς δὲ χιὼν κατατήκετ' ἐν ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν , ἥν τ' Εὖρος κατέτηξεν , ἐπὴν Ζέφυρος καταχεύῃ ·
ὡς δέ χιών κατατήκω ἐν ἀκροπόλος ὄρος , ὅς τε Εὖρος κατατήκω , ἐπήν Ζέφυρος καταχεύω ·