But when he thought of rest and sleep, she commanded the young women strew his bed. But he, as one wholly wretched and unhappy, would not sleep on a bed and under blankets, but on an undressed ox-hide and fleeces of sheep he slept in the fore-hall,
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ κοίτοιο καὶ ὕπνου μιμνήσκοιτο , ἡ μὲν δέμνι' ἄνωγεν ὑποστορέσαι δμῳῇσιν , αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' , ὥς τις πάμπαν ὀϊζυρὸς καὶ ἄποτμος , οὐκ ἔθελ' ἐν λέκτροισι καὶ ἐν ῥήγεσσι καθεύδειν , ἀλλ' ἐν ἀδεψήτῳ βοέῃ καὶ κώεσιν οἰῶν ἔδραθ' ἐνὶ προδόμῳ · [0]
ἀλλά ὅτε δή κοῖτος καί ὕπνος μιμνήσκω , ὁ μέν δέμνιον ἄνωγα ὑποστορέννυμι δμωή , ἀτάρ ὁ γε , ὡς τις πάμπαν ὀιζυρός καί ἄποτμος , οὐ ἐθέλω ἐν λέκτρον καί ἐν ῥῆγος καθεύδω , ἀλλά ἐν ἀδέψητος βοείη καί κῶας ὄις δαρθάνω ἐν πρόδομος ·