μάλα δ' ὦκα θύρηθ' ἔα ἀμφὶς ἐκείνων → very soon I was out, away from them | very soon was out of the water, and away from them
time just before dawn: P. and V. ὄρθρος, ὁ, P. τό περίορθρον.
darkness: Ar. and V. κνέφας, τό (also Xen.).