But as the carpenter's line makes straight a ship's timber in the hands of a cunning workman, that is well skilled in all manner of craft by the promptings of Athene, so evenly was strained their war and battle.
ἀλλ' ὥς τε στάθμη δόρυ νήϊον ἐξιθύνει τέκτονος ἐν παλάμῃσι δαήμονος , ὅς ῥά τε πάσης εὖ εἰδῇ σοφίης ὑποθημοσύνῃσιν Ἀθήνης , ὣς μὲν τῶν ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο πτόλεμός τε ·
ἀλλά ὡς τε στάθμη δόρυ νήιος ἐξιθύνω τέκτων ἐν παλάμη δαήμων , ὅς ἄρα τε πᾶς εὖ οἶδα σοφία ὑποθημοσύνη Ἀθήνη , ὡς μέν ὁ ἐπί ἴσος μάχη τείνω πόλεμος τε ·