Πρῶτον ἔνη τετράς τε καὶ ἑβδόμη ἱερὸν ἦμαρ:
τῇ γὰρ Ἀπόλλωνα χρυσάορα γείνατο Λητώ:
ὀγδοάτη δ᾽ ἐνάτη τε, δύω γε μὲν ἤματα μηνὸς
ἔξοχ᾽ ἀεξομένοιο βροτήσια ἔργα πένεσθαι:
ἑνδεκάτη δὲ δυωδεκάτη τ᾽, ἄμφω γε μὲν ἐσθλαί,
ἠμὲν ὄις πείκειν ἠδ᾽ εὔφρονα καρπὸν ἀμᾶσθαι:
ἡ δὲ δυωδεκάτη τῆς ἑνδεκάτης μέγ᾽ ἀμείνων:
τῇ γάρ τοι νῇ νήματ᾽ ἀερσιπότητος ἀράχνης
ἤματος ἐκ πλείου, ὅτε ἴδρις σωρὸν ἀμᾶται:
τῇ δ᾽ ἱστὸν στήσαιτο γυνὴ προβάλοιτό τε ἔργον.
(770-779) To begin with, the first, the fourth, and the seventh--on which Leto bare Apollo with the blade of gold--each is a holy day. The eighth and the ninth, two days at least of the waxing month , are specially good for the works of man. Also the eleventh and twelfth are both excellent, alike for shearing sheep and for reaping the kindly fruits; but the twelfth is much better than the eleventh, for on it the airy-swinging spider spins its web in full day, and then the Wise One , gathers her pile. On that day woman should set up her loom and get forward with her work.