Outside the courtyard, fronting the high gates,
a magnificent orchard stretches four acres deep
with a strong fence running round it side-to-side.
Here luxuriant trees are always in their prime,
pomegranates and pears, and apples glowing red,
succulent figs and olives swelling sleek and dark.
And the yield of all these trees will never flag or die.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 7, lines 129-135. Here the magnficent gardens of King Alcinous are described. They are befitting a Phaeacian leader who has such a reputation for greatness that he is said to be "obeyed like a god."