And a woman, grinding at the mill, uttered a word of omen from within the house nearby, where the mills of the shepherd of the people were set. At these mills twelve women in all were accustomed to ply their tasks, making meal of barley and of wheat, the marrow of men.
φήμην δ' ἐξ οἴκοιο γυνὴ προέηκεν ἀλετρὶς πλησίον , ἔνθ' ἄρα οἱ μύλαι ἥατο ποιμένι λαῶν , τῇσιν δώδεκα πᾶσαι ἐπερρώοντο γυναῖκες ἄλφιτα τεύχουσαι καὶ ἀλείατα , μυελὸν ἀνδρῶν . [0]
φήμη δέ ἐκ οἶκος γυνή προίημι ἀλετρίς πλησίος , ἔνθα ἄρα ἕ μύλη ἧμαι ποιμήν λαός , ὁ δώδεκα πᾶς ἐπιρρώομαι γυνή ἄλφιτον τεύχω καί ἀλείατα , μυελός ἀνήρ .