"Come, my friends,
let’s ask our guest if he knows the ropes of any sport.
He’s no mean man, not with a build like that…
Look at his thighs, his legs, and what a pair of arms –
his massive neck, his big, rippling strength!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 8, lines 153-157. The king of the Phaeacians’ son, Laodamas, nudges his friends and says this to them. They believe that Odysseus must be a man of sports because he has a strong and muscular body.