At once they drove off the Sungod’s finest cattle –
close at hand, not far from the blue-prowed ship they grazed,
those splendid beasts with their broad brows and curving horns.
Surrounding them in a ring, they lifted prayers to the gods,
plucking fresh green leaves from a tall oak for the rite.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 12, lines 380-384. While Odysseus is asleep on the island of the sun god Helios, his crew are disloyal to him. The starving sailors slaughter and eat the Helios’ cattle, despite swearing an oath to Odysseus that they would not.