Note 191 — Chapter III
Reading edition
Il. XVIII. 558-560:—
κήρυκες δ' ἀπάνευθεν ὑπὸ δρυï δαῖτα πένοντο, βοῦν δ' ἱερεύσαντες μέγαν ἄμφεπον, aἳ δὲ γυναῖκες δεῖπνον ἐρίθοισιν, λεύκ' ἄλφιτα πολλὰ πάλυνον.
"'A little way removed, the heralds slew A sturdy ox, and now beneath an oak Prepared the feast; while women mixed, hard by, White barley porridge for the labourers' meal." LORD DERBY.