At his last words a bird flew past on the right,
an eagle clutching a huge white goose in its talons,
plucked from the household yards. And all rushed after,
shouting, men and women, and swooping toward the chariot now
the bird veered off to the right again before the horses.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 15, lines 179-183. As Telemachus departs Sparta with Pisistratus he mentions Odysseus during his farewell to Menelaus. At that moment an omen is sent by the gods: an eagle clutching a goose.