they lifted Odysseus off the decks –
linen and lustrous carpet too – and laid him
down on the sand asleep, still dead to the world,
then hoisted out the treasures proud Phaeacians,
urged by open-hearted Pallas, had lavished on him,
setting out for home. They heaped them all
by the olive’s trunk, in a neat pile.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 13, lines 132-138. When the ship carrying arrives at Ithaca, Odysseus is in a deep asleep. Rather than wake him, the crew put the sleeping Odysseus and his gifts in a spot away the road to hide them from thieves.