"So you, old misery, seeing a god has led you here to me,
don’t try to charm me now, don’t spellbind me with lies!
Never for that will I respect you, treat you kindly;
no, it’s my fear of Zeus, the god of guests,
and because I pity you."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 14, lines 437-441. Eumaeus tells the stranger that his hospitality to him is out of fear of Zeus, who commands that guests be treated well. But Eumaeus says that he does not believe the false tales his guest has told about Odysseus.