"Alcinous!"
wary Odysseus countered, "cross that thought from your mind.
I’m nothing like the immortal gods who rule the skies,
either in build or breeding. I’m just a mortal man.
Whom do you know most saddled down with sorrow?
They are the ones I’d equal, grief for grief."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 7, lines 242-247. When Alcinous tells his people that Odysseus might be a god, Odysseus quickly puts him right. He declares that he is no god, but a man of sorrow.