Then with her hand the goddess laid hold of her fragrant robe, and plucked it, and spoke to her in the likeness of an ancient dame, a wool-comber, who had been accustomed to card the fair wool for her when she dwelled in Lacedaemon, and who was well loved of her;
χειρὶ δὲ νεκταρέου ἑανοῦ ἐτίναξε λαβοῦσα , γρηῒ δέ μιν ἐϊκυῖα παλαιγενέϊ προσέειπεν εἰροκόμῳ , ἥ οἱ Λακεδαίμονι ναιετοώσῃ ἤσκειν εἴρια καλά , μάλιστα δέ μιν φιλέεσκε ·
χείρ δέ νεκτάρεος ἑανός τινάσσω λαμβάνω , γραῦς δέ μιν εἰκός παλαιγενής προσεῖπον εἰροκόμος , ὅς ἕ Λακεδαίμων ναιετάω ἀσκέω ἔριον καλός , μάλιστα δέ μιν φιλέω ·