But when the sun set and darkness came on, they lay down to rest beside the stern cables of the ship; but Circe took me by the hand, and leading me apart from my dear comrades, made me to sit, and herself lay down close at hand and asked me all the tale.
ἦμος δ' ἠέλιος κατέδυ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθεν , οἱ μὲν κοιμήσαντο παρὰ πρυμνήσια νηός , ἡ δ' ἐμὲ χειρὸς ἑλοῦσα φίλων ἀπονόσφιν ἑταίρων εἷσέ τε καὶ προσέλεκτο καὶ ἐξερέεινεν ἕκαστα ·
ἦμος δέ ἥλιος καταδύω καί ἐπί κνέφας ἔρχομαι , ὁ μέν κοιμάω παρά πρυμνήσιος ναῦς , ὁ δέ ἐγώ χείρ αἱρέω φίλος ἀπονόσφι ἑταῖρος ἵζω τε καί προσλέγω καί ἐξερεείνω ἕκαστος ·