4th to last paragraph of chapter IV of Homer's Odyssey,
Penelopeia talks to a goddess,
"If you are really divine and a god sent you here, tell me also about that unhappy man: is he still alive anywhere, does he see the light of the sun, or is he already dead and within the house of hades?"
The goddess(actually a kind of phantum generated by Athena - an angel) replies,
"I may not tell you for certain whether he is alive or dead; it is a bad thing to babble like the blowing wind."
Check out my first article about fear and evasive language below. The above is just my latest evidence for evasive language.
- Sophie and Silas - the first blog post talking about fear and evasive language <-- article link
