Is it that you wait for the Trojans to come near where your ships with stately sterns are drawn up on the shore of the grey sea, that you may know if by chance the son of Cronos will stretch forth his arm over you?
ἦ μένετε Τρῶας σχεδὸν ἐλθέμεν ἔνθά τε νῆες εἰρύατ' εὔπρυμνοι πολιῆς ἐπὶ θινὶ θαλάσσης , ὄφρα ἴδητ' αἴ κ' ὔμμιν ὑπέρσχῃ χεῖρα Κρονίων ;
ἦ μένω Τρώς σχεδόν ἔρχομαι ἔνθα τε ναῦς ἐρύω1 εὔπρυμνος πολιός ἐπί θίς θάλασσα , ὄφρα εἶδον εἰ ἄν σύ ὑπερέχω χείρ Κρονίων ;