And when they had taken in their hands the beautiful ball of purple, which wise Polybus had made for them, the one would lean backward and toss it toward the shadowy clouds, and the other would leap up from the earth and skilfully catch it before his feet touched the ground again.
οἱ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν σφαῖραν καλὴν μετὰ χερσὶν ἕλοντο , πορφυρέην , τήν σφιν Πόλυβος ποίησε δαΐφρων , τὴν ἕτερος ῥίπτασκε ποτὶ νέφεα σκιόεντα ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω , ὁ δ' ἀπὸ χθονὸς ὑψόσ' ἀερθεὶς ῥηιδίως μεθέλεσκε , πάρος ποσὶν οὖδας ἱκέσθαι .
ὁ δέ ἐπεί οὖν σφαῖρα καλός μετά χείρ αἱρέω , πορφύρεος , ὁ σφεῖς Πόλυβος ποιέω δαίφρων , ὁ ἕτερος ῥίπτω πρός νέφος σκιόεις ἰδνόομαι ὀπίσω , ὁ δέ ἀπό χθών ὑψόσε ἀείρω ῥᾴδιος μεθαιρέω , πάρος πούς οὖδας ἱκνέομαι .