and whenever they bounded over the broad back of the sea, would course over the topmost breakers of the hoary brine.
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ σκιρτῷεν ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης , ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος ἁλὸς πολιοῖο θέεσκον .
ἀλλά ὅτε δή σκιρτάω ἐπί εὐρύς νῶτον θάλασσα , ἄκρος ἐπί ῥηγμίν ἅλς2 πολιός θέω .