and the swineherd took as first offerings bits of raw flesh from all the limbs, and laid them in the rich fat. These he cast into the fire, when he had sprinkled them with barley meal, but the rest they cut up and spitted, and roasted it carefully, and drew it all off the spits, and cast it in a heap on platters.
ὁ δ' ὠμοθετεῖτο συβώτης , πάντων ἀρχόμενος μελέων , ἐς πίονα δημόν , καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε , παλύνας ἀλφίτου ἀκτῇ , μίστυλλόν τ' ἄρα τἆλλα καὶ ἀμφ' ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν , ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως ἐρύσαντό τε πάντα , βάλλον δ' εἰν ἐλεοῖσιν ἀολλέα · [0]
ὁ δέ ὠμοθετέω συβώτης , πᾶς ἄρχω μέλος , εἰς πίων δημός , καί ὁ μέν ἐν πῦρ βάλλω , παλύνω ἄλφιτον ἀκτή , μιστύλλω τε ἄρα ἄλλος καί ἀμφί ὀβελός πείρω , ὀπτάω τε περιφραδής ἐρύω1 τε πᾶς , βάλλω δέ ἐν ἐλεός ἀολλής ·