Then they sat down again at the long table, where they were eating and drinking. […] At the head of the table sat Jupiter, father of gods and of men. […] On the appointed day the palace was thronged, but as the guests were feasting and making merry, Discord, though uninvited, came into the hall and flung a golden apple in their midst upon the table. […] And when Ulysses began to beg round the table, as was the custom in those days, Antinoüs, in his wrath, seized a heavy stool and flung it at him.