"Come, my people!
Haul a black ship down to the bright sea,
rigged for her maiden voyage –
enlist a crew of fifty-two young sailors,
the best in town, who’ve proved their strength before.
Let all hands lash their oars to the thwarts then disembark,
come to my house and fall in for a banquet, quickly.
I’ll lay on a princely feast for all."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 8, lines 38-45. Even though this at point Alcinous doesn’t know who his guest Odysseus is, he asks his people to prepare a ship with a crew of fifty-two sailors for him. He then summons everyone back to his palace for a princely banquet in honor of Odysseus.