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Demodocus
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Demodocus
blind bard rewarded by Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey VIII]
See : Blindness
Demodocus
minstrel whom Odysseus hears singing the amours of Ares and Aphrodite. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey VIII]
See : Music
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He also describes how Homer's poet Demodokos, as well as Odysseus' reaction to him, shows the merging of the poet and hero's identities in the Odyssey.
Torquato Tasso and the Furore of Love, War and Madness by Cozzarelli, Julia M. / Italica
Odysseus finds similar treatment at the house of Alkinoos in Phaiakia, along with entertainment provided by a minstrel named Demodokos, [.
From Hades to heaven: Greek mythological influences in C. S. Lewis's ... by Niedbala, Amanda M. / Mythlore
Even more interesting for our discussion is the fact, that Odysseus himself is first moved to tears upon hearing his own ordeals sung by Demodokos, the court musician, as he accompanies his narration with chords of the "clear-toned harp" (Homer 132).
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