ὡς ἄρα φωνήσασα. πρόσω ἄγε δῖα θεάων:
τὴν μὲν ἔπειτα καθεῖσεν ἐπὶ θρόνου ἀργυροήλου.
καλοῦ. δαιδαλέου: ὑπὸ δὲ θρῆνυς ποσὶν, ῆεν:
κέκλετο δ' Ἥφαιστον κλυτοτέχνην. εἶπέ τε μῦθον:
Ἥφαιστε. πρόμολ' ὧδε. Θέτις νύ τι. σεῖο χατίζει:
τερπόμενοι: δοιὼ δὲ κυβιστητῆρε κατ' αὐτοὺς
So saying the bright goddess led her on. Then she made her to sit on a silver-studded chair, a beautiful chair, richly-wrought, and beneath was a footstool for the feet; and she called to Hephaestus, the famed craftsman, and spake to him, saying: "Hephaestus, come forth hither; Thetis hath need of thee."