"Ah Odysseus," Alcinous replied, "one look at you and we know that you are no one that would cheat us -- no fraud, such as the dark soil breeds and spreads across the face of the earth these days. Crowds of vagabonds frame their lies so tightly none can test them. But you, what grace you give your words, and what good sense within!
-- Book 11: The Kingdom of the Dead, The Odyssey
