and he sat and guided his raft skilfully with the steering-oar, nor did sleep fall upon his eyelids, as he watched the Pleiads, and late-setting Bootes, and the Bear, which men also call the Wain, which ever circles where it is and watches Orion, and alone has no part in the baths of Ocean.
αὐτὰρ ὁ πηδαλίῳ ἰθύνετο τεχνηέντως ἥμενος , οὐ δέ οἱ ὕπνος ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἔπιπτεν Πληιάδας τ' ἐσορῶντι καὶ ὀψὲ δύοντα Βοώτην Ἄρκτον θ' , ἣν καὶ ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν , ἥ τ' αὐτοῦ στρέφεται καί τ' Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει , οἴη δ' ἄμμορός ἐστι λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο ·
ἀτάρ ὁ πηδάλιον ἰθύνω τεχνήεις ἧμαι , οὐ δέ ἕ ὕπνος ἐπί βλέφαρον πίπτω Πλειάδες τε εἰσοράω καί ὀψέ δύω Βοώτης ἄρκτος τε , ὅς καί ἄμαξα ἐπίκλησις καλέω , ὅς τε αὐτοῦ στρέφω καί τε Ὠρίων δοκεύω , οἶος δέ ἄμμορος εἰμί λουτρόν Ὠκεανός ·