and Aretus came from the chamber, bringing them water for the hands in a basin embossed with flowers, and in the other hand he held barley grains in a basket; and Thrasymedes, steadfast in fight, stood by, holding in his hands a sharp axe, to fell the heifer;
χέρνιβα δέ σφ' Ἄρητος ἐν ἀνθεμόεντι λέβητι ἤλυθεν ἐκ θαλάμοιο φέρων , ἑτέρῃ δ' ἔχεν οὐλὰς ἐν κανέῳ πέλεκυν δὲ μενεπτόλεμος Θρασυμήδης ὀξὺν ἔχων ἐν χειρὶ παρίστατο βοῦν ἐπικόψων .
χέρνιψ δέ σφεῖς Ἄρητος ἐν ἀνθεμόεις λέβης ἔρχομαι ἐκ θάλαμος φέρω , ἕτερος δέ ἔχω οὐλαί ἐν κάνεον πέλεκυς δέ μενεπτόλεμος Θρασυμήδης ὀξύς ἔχω ἐν χείρ παρίστημι βοῦς ἐπικόπτω .