Note 2000 — BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
Καὶ ῥήγεα καλὰ Πορφύρ’ ἐμβαλέειν, στορέσαι δ’ ἐφύπερθε τάπητας.
Od. B. iv. l. 427. “And to throw on fair coverlets of purple, and to lay carpets upon them.”