Odyssey 8.479–481

πᾶσι γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἀοιδοὶ

τιμῆς ἔμμοροί εἰσι καὶ αἰδοῦς, οὕνεκʼ ἄρα σφέας

οἴμας μοῦσʼ ἐδίδαξε, φίλησε δὲ φῦλον ἀοιδῶν.

for among all people who live on earth, singers

receive a portion of honor and reverence, because the Muse

has taught them the paths of song and loves the singers' kind.