Then he gathered up the cloak and the fleeces on which he was lying and laid them on a chair in the hall, and carried the ox-hide out of doors and set it down; and he lifted up his hands and prayed to Zeus:
χλαῖναν μὲν συνελὼν καὶ κώεα , τοῖσιν ἐνεῦδεν , ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκεν ἐπὶ θρόνου , ἐκ δὲ βοείην θῆκε θύραζε φέρων , Διὶ δ' εὔξατο χεῖρας ἀνασχών ·
χλαῖνα μέν συναιρέω καί κῶας , ὁ ἐνεύδω , εἰς μέγαρον κατατίθημι ἐπί θρόνος , ἐκ δέ βοείη τίθημι θύραζε φέρω , Ζεύς δέ εὔχομαι χείρ ἀνέχω ·