ɪn plˈuːɾɑːɹks lˈaɪvz ɪnðə baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi ʌv lˈaɪkɜːɡəs, lˈaɪkɜːɡəs ɪn hɪz tɹˈævəlz "…hæd ðə fˈɜːst sˈaɪt ʌv hˈoʊmɚz wˈɜːks, ɪnðə hˈændz, wiː mˈeɪ səpˈoʊz, ʌvðə pɑːstˈɛɹᵻɾi ʌv kɹɪˈɑːfɪləs… skˈæɾɚd pɹəpˈoːɹʃənz, æz tʃˈæns kənvˈeɪd ðˌɛm, wɜːɹ ɪnðə hˈændz ʌv ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəlz; bˌʌt lˈaɪkɜːɡəs fˈɜːst mˌeɪd ðˌɛm ɹˈiəli nˈoʊn."
In Plutarch's Lives in the biography of Lycurgus, Lycurgus in his travels "…had the first sight of Homer's works, in the hands, we may suppose, of the posterity of Creophylus… scattered proportions, as chance conveyed them, were in the hands of individuals; but Lycurgus first made them really known."