Polyphemus voice and size causes Odysseus and his twelve finest warriors to freeze in terror

As soon as he’d briskly finished all his chores
he lit his fire and spied us in the blaze and
‘Strangers!’ he thundered out, ‘now who are you?
Where did you sail from, over the running sea-lanes?
Out on a trading spree or roving the waves like pirates,
sea-wolves raiding at will, who risk their lives
to plunder other men?’

The hearts inside us shook,
terrified by his rumbling voice and monstrous hulk.
Nevertheless I found the nerve to answer, firmly...

The Odyssey, Book 9, Translated by Robert Fagles.