He spoke, and sacrificed the firstling pieces to the gods that are for ever, and, when he had made libations of the flaming wine, he placed the cup in the hands of Odysseus, the sacker of cities,
ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄργματα θῦσε θεοῖς αἰειγενέτῃσι , σπείσας δ' αἴθοπα οἶνον Ὀδυσσῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ ἐν χείρεσσιν ἔθηκεν ·
ἠμί ἄρα καί ἄργμα θύω θεός αἰειγενέτης , σπένδω δέ αἶθοψ οἶνος Ὀδυσσεύς πτολίπορθος ἐν χείρ τίθημι ·