Note 315 — Chapter VIII
Reading edition
Il. XI. 632-635:—
πὰρ δὲ δέπας περικαλλές, ὁ οἴκοθεν ἦγ᾽ ὁ γεραιος, χρυσείοις ἡλοισι πεπαρμένον· οὔατα δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ ἔσαν, δοιαὶ δε πελειάδες ἀμφὶς ἕκαστον χρύσειαι νεμέθοντο· δύω δ᾽ ὑπὸ πυθμένες ἦσαν.
"She placed beside them a splendid goblet, which the old man had brought with him from home; it was studded with golden pins; it had four handles, on each of which pecked two golden pigeons; the goblet had two bottoms."