and the elders were sitting upon polished stones in the sacred circle, holding in their hands the staves of the loud-voiced heralds.
οἳ δὲ γέροντες εἵατ' ἐπὶ ξεστοῖσι λίθοις ἱερῷ ἐνὶ κύκλῳ , σκῆπτρα δὲ κηρύκων ἐν χέρσ' ἔχον ἠεροφώνων ·
ὁ δέ γέρων ἧμαι ἐπί ξεστός λίθος ἱερός ἐν κύκλος , σκῆπτρον δέ κῆρυξ ἐν χείρ ἔχω ἠερόφωνος ·