No mortal man could scale it or set foot upon the top, not though he had twenty hands and feet;
οὐ δέ κεν ἀμβαίη βροτὸς ἀνὴρ οὐ δ' ἐπιβαίη , οὐ δ' εἴ οἱ χεῖρές τε ἐείκοσι καὶ πόδες εἶεν ·
οὐ δέ ἄν ἀναβαίνω βροτός ἀνήρ οὐ δέ ἐπιβαίνω , οὐ δέ εἰ ἕ χείρ τε εἴκοσι καί πούς εἰμί ·