So spoke he, and they even of themselves were eager to ward off the foe, but they laid up his word in their hearts, and fenced in the ships with a hedge of bronze;
ὣς ἔφαθ' , οἳ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀλέξασθαι μενέαινον , ἐν θυμῷ δ' ἐβάλοντο ἔπος , φράξαντο δὲ νῆας ἕρκεϊ χαλκείῳ ·
ὡς φημί , ὁ δέ καί αὐτός ἀλέξω μενεαίνω , ἐν θυμός δέ βάλλω ἔπος , φράσσω δέ ναῦς ἕρκος χάλκειος ·