διὰ λόγων ἀφικνεῖσθαι
From LSJ
νῆα μὲν οἵ γε μέλαιναν ἐπ' ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις, ὑπὸ δ' ἕρματα μακρὰ τάνυσσαν → they pushed the black ship up over the sand onto dry land and placed long beams under her
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
converse with, discuss with, talk to, confer, confer with, have conference, have conference with