gre I, 109-112κήρυκες δ᾽ αὐτοῖσι καὶ ὀτρηροὶ θεράποντες
110 οἱ μὲν οἶνον ἔμισγον ἐνὶ κρητῆρσι καὶ ὕδωρ,
οἱ δ᾽ αὖτε σπόγγοισι πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας
νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν, τοὶ δὲ κρέα πολλὰ δατεῦντο.
Tr. Leontius Pilatus, 1362 (1462), p. 3Praecones autem ipsis et citi famuli
Hi quidem vinum miscebant in cratheris et aquam
Hi autem spongiis multum perforatis mensas
Tergebant et anteponebant atque carnes multas diuidebant
Tr. Thomas Hobbes, 1677 (1844)Meanwhile their officers and serving-men
130
Were busy mingling water with the wine,
Others the meat divide, others make clean,
Set up and rub the tables till they shine.
Tr. Samuel Butler,1900and of the heralds and busy squires,
[110] some were mixing wine and water for them in bowls,
others again were washing the tables with porous sponges
and setting them forth, while still others were portioning out meats in abundance.
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Setting the scene, the suffering of Odysseus, l.1-15
