Seba.Health
The Iliad 3.243–249
Meanwhile the heralds were bearing through the city the offerings for the holy oaths of the gods, two lambs and, in a goat-skin bottle, wine that maketh glad the heart, the fruit of the earth. And the herald Idaeus bare a shining bowl and golden cups; and he came to the old king's side and roused him, saying:
ὣς φάτο, τοὺς δʼ ἤδη κάτεχεν φυσίζοος αἶα
ἐν Λακεδαίμονι αὖθι φίλῃ ἐν πατρίδι γαίῃ.
κήρυκες δʼ ἀνὰ ἄστυ θεῶν φέρον ὅρκια πιστὰ
ἄρνε δύω καὶ οἶνον ἐΰφρονα καρπὸν ἀρούρης
ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ· φέρε δὲ κρητῆρα φαεινὸν
κῆρυξ Ἰδαῖος ἠδὲ χρύσεια κύπελλα·
ὄτρυνεν δὲ γέροντα παριστάμενος ἐπέεσσιν·