Seba.Health
The Odyssey 9.172–176
whether they are cruel, and wild, and unjust, or whether they love strangers and fear the gods in their thoughts.’
“So saying, I went on board the ship and bade my comrades themselves to embark, and to loose the stern cables. So they went on board straightway and sat down upon the benches,
ἄλλοι μὲν νῦν μίμνετʼ, ἐμοὶ ἐρίηρες
ἑταῖροι·
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σὺν νηί τʼ ἐμῇ καὶ ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισιν
ἐλθὼν τῶνδʼ ἀνδρῶν πειρήσομαι, οἵ τινές εἰσιν,
ἤ ῥʼ οἵ γʼ ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι,
ἦε φιλόξεινοι, καί σφιν νόος ἐστὶ θεουδής.