Him I saved when he was bestriding the keel and all alone, for Zeus had struck his swift ship with his bright thunder-bolt, and had shattered it in the midst of the wine-dark sea.
τὸν μὲν ἐγὼν ἐσάωσα περὶ τρόπιος βεβαῶτα οἶον , ἐπεί οἱ νῆα θοὴν ἀργῆτι κεραυνῷ Ζεὺς ἔλσας ἐκέασσε μέσῳ ἐνὶ οἴνοπι πόντῳ .
ὁ μέν ἐγώ σώζω περί τρόπις βαίνω οἶος , ἐπεί ἕ ναῦς θοός ἀργής κεραυνός Ζεύς εἴλω κεάζω μέσος ἐν οἶνοψ πόντος .