τῆς θαλάσσης μᾶλλον ἀντείχοντο

From LSJ

ἕτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφός τό τε πάλαι τό τε νῦν → one gets his skill from another, now as in days of old

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

they kept more to the sea