And as when from the high crest of a great mountain Zeus, that gathers the lightnings, moves a dense cloud away, and forth to view appear all mountain peaks, and high headlands, and glades, and from heaven breaks open the infinite air; even so the Danaans, when they had thrust back from the ships consuming fire, had respite for a little time; however there was no ceasing from war.
ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀφ' ὑψηλῆς κορυφῆς ὄρεος μεγάλοιο κινήσῃ πυκινὴν νεφέλην στεροπηγερέτα Ζεύς , ἔκ τ' ἔφανεν πᾶσαι σκοπιαὶ καὶ πρώονες ἄκροι καὶ νάπαι , οὐρανόθεν δ' ἄρ' ὑπερράγη ἄσπετος αἰθήρ , ὣς Δαναοὶ νηῶν μὲν ἀπωσάμενοι δήϊον πῦρ τυτθὸν ἀνέπνευσαν , πολέμου δ' οὐ γίγνετ' ἐρωή ·
ὡς δέ ὅτι ἀπό ὑψηλός κορυφή ὄρος μέγας κινέω πυκνός νεφέλη στεροπηγερέτης Ζεύς , ἐκ τε φαίνω πᾶς σκοπιά καί πρών ἄκρος καί νάπη , οὐρανόθεν δέ ἄρα ὑπορρήγνυμι ἄσπετος αἰθήρ , ὡς Δαναοί ναῦς μέν ἀπωθέω δάιος πῦρ τυτθός ἀναπνέω , πόλεμος δέ οὐ γίγνομαι ἐρωή ·