Therefore it was that Poseidon avoided to give open aid, but secretly sought ever to rouse the Argives throughout the host, in the likeness of a man.
τώ ῥα καὶ ἀμφαδίην μὲν ἀλεξέμεναι ἀλέεινε , λάθρῃ δ' αἰὲν ἔγειρε κατὰ στρατὸν ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς .
τῷ ἄρα καί ἀμφάδιος μέν ἀλέξω ἀλεείνω , λάθρῃ δέ ἀεί ἐγείρω κατά στρατός ἀνήρ εἴκω1 .