προσφέρειν πύργοισι πηκτῶν κλιμάκων προσαμβάσεις

From LSJ

τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

to plant against the towers a foothold of firm ladders