So they put forth their hands to the good food lying ready before them. But when they had put from them the desire of food and drink, the wise Penelope spoke first among them:
οἱ δ' ἐπ' ὀνείαθ' ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χεῖρας ἴαλλον , αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο , τοῖσι δὲ μύθων ἦρχε περίφρων Πηνελόπεια ·
ὁ δέ ἐπί ὄνειαρ ἑτοῖμος πρόκειμαι χείρ ἰάλλω , ἀτάρ ἐπεί πόσις2 καί ἐδητύς ἐκ ἔρος ἵημι , ὁ δέ μῦθος ἄρχω περίφρων Πηνελόπεια ·