Then, when they had prayed, and had sprinkled the barley grains, they first drew back the victims' heads, and cut their throats, and flayed them, and cut out the thighs and covered them with a double layer of fat.
αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ' εὔξαντο καὶ οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο , αὐέρυσαν μὲν πρῶτα καὶ ἔσφαξαν καὶ ἔδειραν , μηρούς τ' ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες ,
ἀτάρ ἐπεί ἄρα εὔχομαι καί οὐλοχύται προβάλλω , αὐερύω μέν πρῶτος καί σφάζω καί δέρω , μηρός τε ἐκτέμνω κατά τε κνῖσα καλύπτω δίπτυχος ποιέω ,