"Not a shred of sense in your head, you filthy drifter!
Not content to feast at your ease with us, the island’s pride?
Never denied your full share of the banquet, never,
you can listen in on our secrets. No one else
can eavesdrop on our talk, no tramp, no beggar.
The wine has overpowered you, heady wine –
the ruin of many another man, whoever
gulps it down and drinks beyond his limit."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 21, lines 322-329. When Odysseus proposes to use his own bow and take part in the games to win the hand of his wife Penelope, the suitors fly into a rage. Antinous leads the attack on him, saying that Odysseus is getting too big for his boots after feasting with the "pride" of Ithaca. He ironically suggests that the suitors are being kind to allow Odysseus to share in the palace banquet and effectively eat his own food!