ὡς ἔφαθ', οἱ δ' ἄρα πατρὸς ὑποδδείσαντες ὁμοκλὴν.
ἒκ μὲν ἄμαξαν ἄειραν. ἐΰτροχον. ἡμιονείην.
καλὴν: πρωτοπαγέα. πείρινθα δὲ δῆσαν ἐπ' αὐτῆς:
καδ δ' ἀπὸ πασσαλόφιν ζυγὸν ῄρεον ἡμιόνειον.
πύξινον, ὀμφαλόεν εὖ, οἰήκεσσιν ἀρηρός:
ἐκ δ' ἔφερον ζυγόδεσμον ἅμα ζυγῷ ἐννεάπηχυ.
καὶ τὸ μὲν εὖ κατέθηκαν ἐϋξέστω ἐπὶ ῥυμῷ:
πέζῃ ἔπὶ πρώτῃ: ἐπι δὲ κρίκον. ἕστορι βάλλον:
τρὶς δ' ἑκάτερθεν ἔδησαν. ἐπ' ὀμφαλὸν: αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
ἑξείης κατέδησαν. ὑπὸ γλωχῖνα δ' ἔκαμψανἔγναμψαν:
ἐκ θαλάμου δὲ φέροντες. ἐϋξέστης ἐπ' ἀπήνης
νήεον Ἑκτορέης κεφαλῆς ἀπερείσι' ἄποινα:
ζεῦξαν δ' ἡμιόνους. κρατερώνυχας. ἐντεσιεργοὺς.
τούς ῥά́ ποτε Πριάμω Μυσοὶ δόσαν ἀγλαὰ δῶρα:
ἵππους δὲ Πριάμῳ ὕπαγον ζυγὸν. οὓς ὁ γεραιὸς
αὐτὸς ἔχων ἀτίταλλεν ἐϋξέστῃ ἐπι φάτνῃ:
So spake he, and they, seized with fear of the rebuke of their father, brought forth the light-running waggon drawn of mules, fair and newly-wrought, and bound upon it the wicker box; and down from its peg they took the mule-yoke, a box-wood yoke with a knob thereon, well-fitted with guiding-rings; and they brought forth the yoke-band of nine cubits, and therewithal the yoke. The yoke they set with care upon the polished pole at the upturned end thereof, and cast the ring upon the thole; and they bound it fast to the knob with three turns to left and right, and thereafter made it fast to the post, and bent the hook thereunder. Then they brought forth from the treasure-chamber and heaped upon the polished waggon the countless ransom for Hector's head, and yoked the strong-hooved mules that toil in harness, which on a time the Mysians had given to Priam, a splendid gift. And for Priam they led beneath the yoke horses that the old king kept for his own and reared at the polished stall.
