When I had lain down to sleep in the house of Circe I did not think to go to the long ladder that I might come down again, but fell headlong from the roof,
Κίρκης δ' ἐν μεγάρῳ καταλέγμενος οὐκ ἐνόησα ἄψορρον καταβῆναι ἰὼν ἐς κλίμακα μακρήν , ἀλλὰ καταντικρὺ τέγεος πέσον ·
Κίρκη δέ ἐν μέγαρον καταλέγω οὐ νοέω ἄψορρος καταβαίνω εἶμι εἰς κλῖμαξ μακρός , ἀλλά καταντικρύ τέγος πίπτω ·