“...furthermore, some good advice, that I received myself in infancy. Don’t
strike your father, but take these wings in one hand and these spurs in the
other; imagine you have a cock’s crest on your head and go and mount your
guard and fight; live on your pay and respect your father’s life. You’re a
gallant fellow! Very well, then! Fly to Thrace and fight.”
—Aristophanes, The Birds
1363-9