"Phaeacians! How does this man impress you now,
his looks, his build, the balanced mind inside him?
The stranger is my guest
but each of you princes shares the honor here.
So let’s not be too hasty to send him on his way,
and don’t scrimp on his gifts. His need is great,
great as the riches piled up in your houses,
thanks to the gods’ good will."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 11, lines 381-388. Queen Arete is hugely impressed by Odysseus’ stories from the underworld, which have held the Phaeacians spellbound. She asks all the princes to be generous with their gifts to Odysseus and not be too quick to send him on his way.