Odyssey 19.162–163

Penelope to the disguised Odysseus

ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥς μοι εἰπὲ τεὸν γένος, ὁππόθεν ἐσσί.

οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ δρυός ἐσσι παλαιφάτου οὐδʼ ἀπὸ πέτρης.

But even so, tell me your family and where you come from.

You did not spring from some legendary oak or stone.

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