person
Demodocus
also: Δημόδοκος
The blind Phaeacian court singer, loved by the Muse; his songs of the quarrel of Achilles and Odysseus, of Ares and Aphrodite, and of the Trojan Horse move Odysseus to tears and lead Alcinous to ask his identity.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §8.26 Demodocus
The blind Phaeacian singer whose three songs in this book — the quarrel of Achilles and Odysseus, Ares and Aphrodite, and the Trojan Horse — structure the whole scene.