And Eumaeus looked about him and took a stool that lay near, on which the carver was accustomed to sit when carving for the suitors the many joints of meat, as they feasted in the hall.
ὁ δὲ παπτήνας ἕλε δίφρον κείμενον , ἔνθα τε δαιτρὸς ἐφίζεσκε κρέα πολλὰ δαιόμενος μνηστῆρσι δόμον κάτα δαινυμένοισι ·
ὁ δέ παπταίνω αἱρέω δίφρος κεῖμαι , ἔνθα τε δαιτρός ἐφίζω κρέας πολύς δαίω μνηστήρ δόμος κατά δαίνυμι ·