The bathing finished, rubbing me sleek with oil,
throwing warm fleece and a shirt around my shoulders,
she led me in to sit on a silver-studded chair,
ornately carved, with a stool to rest my feet.
A maid brought water soon in a graceful golden pitcher
and over a silver basin tipped it out
so I might rinse my hands,
then pulled a gleaming table to my side.
A staid housekeeper brought on bread to serve me,
appetizers aplenty too, lavish with her bounty.
She pressed me to eat. I had no taste for food.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 10, lines 403-413. Circe lays on lavish hospitality for her new guest and lover Odysseus. She bathes him in a tub with hot water and rubs him over with oil. Then she sits him on an ornate chair and has her housekeeper serve him up a bounty of bread and appetizers.