"no more tears now, calm these tides of sorrow.
Well I know what pains you bore on the swarming sea,
what punishment you endured from hostile men on land.
But come now, eat your food and drink your wine
till the same courage fills your chests, now as then,
when you first set sail from native land, from rocky Ithaca!
Now you are burnt-out husks, your spirits haggard, sere,
always brooding over your wanderings long and hard,
your hearts never lifting with any joy –
you’ve suffered far too much."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 10, lines 503-512. Circe invites Odysseus and his men to enjoy their fill of food and wine after the harrowing ordeals they have endured at sea and on land. A tempting offer too good to refuse! She uses a metaphor to compare the worn-out soldiers to "burnt-out husks."