But when she had decked her body with all adornment, she went forth from her chamber, and calling to her Aphrodite, apart from the other gods, she spoke to her, saying:
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ πάντα περὶ χροῒ θήκατο κόσμον βῆ ῥ' ἴμεν ἐκ θαλάμοιο , καλεσσαμένη δ' Ἀφροδίτην τῶν ἄλλων ἀπάνευθε θεῶν πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπε ·
ἀτάρ ἐπεί δή πᾶς περί χρώς τίθημι κόσμος βαίνω ἄρα εἶμι ἐκ θάλαμος , καλέω δέ Ἀφροδίτη ὁ ἄλλος ἀπάνευθε θεός πρός μῦθος εἶπον ·