Long ago the curved ships had brought her from Apeire, and men had chosen her from the spoil as a gift of honor for Alcinous, for he was king over all the Phaeacians, and the people listened to him as to a god.
Ἀλκινόῳ δ' αὐτὴν γέρας ἔξελον , οὕνεκα πᾶσιν Φαιήκεσσιν ἄνασσε , θεοῦ δ' ὣς δῆμος ἄκουεν · [0]
Ἀλκίνοος δέ αὐτός γέρας ἐξαιρέω , οὕνεκα πᾶς Φαίαξ ἀνάσσω , θεός δέ ὡς δῆμος ἀκούω ·