"Man of misery, whose land have I lit on now?
What are they here – violent, savage, lawless?
or friendly to strangers, god-fearing men?
Listen: shouting, echoing round me – women, girls –
or the nymphs who haunt the rugged mountaintops
and the river springs and meadows lush with grass!
Or am I really close to people who speak my language?
Up with you, see how the land lies, see for yourself now."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 6, lines 131-138. Odysseus is saying this to himself after being wakened up by a group of young Phaeacian girls playing ball. Because of the horrors he has experienced, he worries about what kind of people he has landed among, whether they are savage or friendly to strangers.