But when with vows and prayers I had made supplication to the tribes of the dead, I took the sheep and cut their throats over the pit, and the dark blood ran forth.
τοὺς δ' ἐπεὶ εὐχωλῇσι λιτῇσί τε , ἔθνεα νεκρῶν , ἐλλισάμην , τὰ δὲ μῆλα λαβὼν ἀπεδειροτόμησα ἐς βόθρον , ῥέε δ' αἷμα κελαινεφές ·
ὁ δέ ἐπεί εὐχωλή λιτή τε , ἔθνος νεκρός , λίσσομαι , ὁ δέ μῆλον1 λαμβάνω ἀποδειροτομέω εἰς βόθρος , ῥέω δέ αἷμα κελαινεφής ·