Odyssey 2.270–272

Τηλέμαχʼ, οὐδʼ ὄπιθεν κακὸς ἔσσεαι οὐδʼ ἀνοήμων,

εἰ δή τοι σοῦ πατρὸς ἐνέστακται μένος ἠύ,

οἷος κεῖνος ἔην τελέσαι ἔργον τε ἔπος τε·

Telemachus, you will not be base or witless hereafter,

if indeed your father's fine spirit is planted in you,

so skilled was he at bringing both deed and word to completion.