Εὖτ' ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Νότος κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην
ποιμέσιν οὔ τι φίλην, κλέπτῃ δέ τε νυκτὸς ἀμείνω,
τόσσόν τίς τ' ἐπιλεύσσει ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ λᾶ̄αν ΐησιν:
ὡς ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ κονίσαλος ώρνυτ' ἀελλὴς
ἐρχομένων: μάλα δ' ὦκα διέπρησσον πεδίοιο.
Even as when the South Wind sheddeth a mist over the peaks of a mountain, a mist that the shepherd loveth not, but that to the robber is better than night, and a man can see only so far as he casteth a stone; even in such wise rose the dense dust-cloud from beneath their feet as they went; and full swiftly did they speed across the plain.
