Odyssey 19.329–331

ὃς μὲν ἀπηνὴς αὐτὸς ἔῃ καὶ ἀπηνέα εἰδῇ,

τῷ δὲ καταρῶνται πάντες βροτοὶ ἄλγεʼ ὀπίσσω

ζωῷ, ἀτὰρ τεθνεῶτί γʼ ἐφεψιόωνται ἅπαντες·

When a man is harsh and his deeds are harsh,

all mortals pray down suffering on him while he lives,

and when he is dead they all make mock of him.