Odyssey 4.197–198
Pisistratus to Menelaus at supper
τοῦτό νυ καὶ γέρας οἶον ὀιζυροῖσι βροτοῖσιν,
κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τʼ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν.
This is the only honor left for miserable mortals:
to cut the hair and let a tear fall from the cheeks.
Pisistratus to Menelaus at supper
τοῦτό νυ καὶ γέρας οἶον ὀιζυροῖσι βροτοῖσιν,
κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τʼ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν.
This is the only honor left for miserable mortals:
to cut the hair and let a tear fall from the cheeks.