The Odyssey 17.393–395
with harsh words, aye, and urges on the others too.”
With this he spoke winged words to Antinous: “Antinous, truly thou carest well for me, as a father for his son, seeing that thou biddest me drive yonder stranger from the hall with a word of compulsion. May the god never bring such a thing to pass.
σίγα, μή μοι τοῦτον ἀμείβεο πολλὰ ἔπεσσιν·
Ἀντίνοος δʼ εἴωθε κακῶς ἐρεθιζέμεν αἰεὶ
μύθοισιν χαλεποῖσιν, ἐποτρύνει δὲ καὶ ἄλλους.