Kikones
Ketika aku telah berlayar dari sana angin pertama-tama membawaku ke Ismara, yang merupakan kota para Kikones. Di sana aku menjarah kota dan membunuh orang-orang. Kami mengambil istri mereka untuk kesenangan birahi, pelayanan, dan barang rampasan yang kami bagi secara adil di antara kami, sehingga tidak ada yang punya alasan untuk mengeluh. Aku kemudian berkata bahwa sebaiknya kami segera pergi, tetapi orang-orangku dengan bodohnya tidak mau mematuhiku, jadi mereka tinggal di sana minum banyak anggur dan membunuh banyak domba dan lembu di tepi laut. Sementara itu Kikones berteriak minta tolong kepada Kikones lain yang tinggal di pedalaman. Ini lebih banyak jumlahnya, dan lebih kuat, dan mereka lebih terampil dalam seni perang, karena mereka dapat berperang, baik dari kereta atau berjalan kaki sesuai kesempatan; oleh karena itu, di pagi hari, mereka datang setebal daun dan mekar di musim panas, dan tangan surga melawan kami, sehingga kami sangat tertekan. Mereka mengatur pertempuran dalam barisan di dekat kapal, dan pasukan saling mengarahkan tombak bersepatu perunggu. Selama hari semakin siang dan masih pagi, kami bertahan melawan mereka, meskipun jumlah mereka lebih banyak dari kami; tetapi saat matahari terbenam, menjelang saat orang melepaskan lembu mereka, Kikones mengalahkan kami, dan kami kehilangan setengah lusin orang dari setiap kapal yang kami miliki; jadi kami lolos dengan yang tersisa''. The Odyssey by Homer, Book ix, continuation: "Thence we sailed onward with sorrow in our hearts, but glad to have escaped death though we had lost our comrades, nor did we leave till we had thrice invoked each one of the poor fellows who had perished by the hands of the Cicons. Then Jove raised the North wind against us till it blew a hurricane, so that land and sky were hidden in thick clouds, and night sprang forth out of the heavens. We let the ships run before the gale, but the force of the wind tore our sails to tatters, so we took them down for fear of shipwreck, and rowed our hardest towards the land. There we lay two days and two nights suffering much alike from toil and distress of mind, but on the morning of the third day we again raised our masts, set sail, and took our places, letting the wind and steersmen direct our ship. I should have got home at that time unharmed had not the North wind and the currents been against me as I was doubling Cape Malea, and set me off my course hard by the island of Cythera. […] When the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, we admired the island and wandered all over it, while the nymphs Jove's daughters roused the wild goats that we might get some meat for our dinner. On this we fetched our spears and bows and arrows from the ships, and dividing ourselves into three bands began to shoot the goats. Heaven sent us excellent sport; I had twelve ships with me, and each ship got nine goats, while my own ship had ten; thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun we ate and drank our fill,- and we had plenty of wine left, for each one of us had taken many jars full when we sacked the city of the Cicons, and this had not yet run out. While we were feasting we kept turning our eyes towards the land of the Cyclopes, which was hard by, and saw the smoke of their stubble fires. We could almost fancy we heard their voices and the bleating of their sheep and goats, but when the sun went down and it came on dark, we camped down upon the beach, and next morning I called a council."