Their parents the gods had slain, and they were left orphans in their home, and fair Aphrodite tended them with cheese, and sweet honey, and pleasant wine,
τῇσι τοκῆας μὲν φθῖσαν θεοί , αἱ δ' ἐλίποντο ὀρφαναὶ ἐν μεγάροισι , κόμισσε δὲ δῖ' Ἀφροδίτη τυρῷ καὶ μέλιτι γλυκερῷ καὶ ἡδέϊ οἴνῳ ·
ὁ τοκεύς μέν φθίω θεός , ὁ δέ λείπω ὀρφανός ἐν μέγαρον , κομίζω δέ δῖος Ἀφροδίτη τυρός καί μέλι γλυκύς καί ἡδύς οἶνος ·