even so close behind ran Odysseus, and his feet trod in the footsteps of Aias or ever the dust had settled therein,
ὣς Ὀδυσεὺς θέεν ἐγγύθεν , αὐτὰρ ὄπισθεν ἴχνια τύπτε πόδεσσι πάρος κόνιν ἀμφιχυθῆναι ·
ὡς Ὀδυσσεύς θέω ἐγγύθεν , ἀτάρ ὄπισθεν ἴχνιον τύπτω πούς πάρος κόνις ἀμφιχέω ·