From thence Nausithous, the godlike, had removed them, and led and settled them in Scheria far from men that live by toil. About the city he had drawn a wall, he had built houses and made temples for the gods, and divided the ploughlands;
ἔνθεν ἀναστήσας ἄγε Ναυσίθοος θεοειδής , εἷσεν δὲ Σχερίῃ , ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων , ἀμφὶ δὲ τεῖχος ἔλασσε πόλει , καὶ ἐδείματο οἴκους , καὶ νηοὺς ποίησε θεῶν , καὶ ἐδάσσατ' ἀρούρας .
ἔνθεν ἀνίστημι ἄγω Ναυσίθοος θεοειδής , ἵζω δέ Σχερία , ἑκάς ἀνήρ ἀλφηστής , ἀμφί δέ τεῖχος ἐλαύνω πόλις , καί δέμω οἶκος , καί ναός ποιέω θεός , καί δατέομαι ἄρουρα .