Iliad 14.126–127

τὼ οὐκ ἄν με γένος γε κακὸν καὶ ἀνάλκιδα φάντες

μῦθον ἀτιμήσαιτε πεφασμένον ὅν κʼ ἐῢ εἴπω.

So you should not call me base by birth and cowardly

and slight the well-spoken counsel I may offer.