‘it is better to inquire about and ask guests who they are, after they have had the pleasure of eating’
νῦν δὴ κάλλιόν ἐστι μεταλλῆσαι καὶ ἐρέσθαι
ξείνους, οἵ τινές εἰσιν, ἐπεὶ τάρπησαν ἐδωδῆς.
Homer, Odyssey 3.69-70
‘it is better to inquire about and ask guests who they are, after they have had the pleasure of eating’
νῦν δὴ κάλλιόν ἐστι μεταλλῆσαι καὶ ἐρέσθαι
ξείνους, οἵ τινές εἰσιν, ἐπεὶ τάρπησαν ἐδωδῆς.