Twenty trees in all did he fell, and trimmed them with the axe; then he cunningly smoothed them all and made them straight to the line.
εἴκοσι δ' ἔκβαλε πάντα , πελέκκησεν δ' ἄρα χαλκῷ , ξέσσε δ' ἐπισταμένως καὶ ἐπὶ στάθμην ἴθυνεν .
εἴκοσι δέ ἐκβάλλω πᾶς , πελεκάω δέ ἄρα χαλκός , ξέω δέ ἐπισταμένως καί ἐπί στάθμη ἰθύνω .