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''Life to the lees:'' }}
** Note that Dante, at least formally believing the ''Aeniad'''s conceit that the Trojans founded Rome and became the national ancestors of the Italians, has it in for Odysseus, hence his position among the False Counselors in the Eighth[?] Circle of Hell.
* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s blind singer Rhysling, composer of the song "[[The Green Hills Ofof Earth]]" in the short story of the same name. Until the accident that blinded him, he had been a spaceship engineer; after the accident, he took advantage of the informal custom that a spacer could have one free trip home, using it to wander at will all over the solar system.
** His most famous character, Lazarus Long, spends centuries wandering the galaxy. His wanderings are fueled both by boredom, and by needing to move on from a community before the locals start to suspect his immortality.
* [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] and all Conan-derived characters. Conan himself, at least, has some explanation for how he makes a living while wandering (thief and occasional mercenary soldier).