Beginning with this I hewed out my bed, till I had finished it, inlaying it with gold and silver and ivory,
ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἀρχόμενος λέχος ἔξεον , ὄφρ' ἐτέλεσσα , δαιδάλλων χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἠδ' ἐλέφαντι ·
ἐκ δέ ὁ ἄρχω λέχος ξέω , ὄφρα τελέω , δαιδάλλω χρυσός τε καί ἄργυρος ἠδέ ἐλέφας ·