Odyssey 8.546–547

Alcinous to the Phaeacians about his weeping guest

ἀντὶ κασιγνήτου ξεῖνός θʼ ἱκέτης τε τέτυκται

ἀνέρι, ὅς τʼ ὀλίγον περ ἐπιψαύῃ πραπίδεσσι.

To a man who touches even a little on understanding, a stranger

and suppliant stands in the place of a brother.

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