but as often as he was about to heave it over the top, the weight would turn it back,
ἀλλ' ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν , τότ' ἀποστρέψασκε κραταιίς ·
ἀλλά ὅτε μέλλω ἄκρον ὑπερβάλλω , τότε ἀποστρέφω κραταιίς ·