demodocus

Updated: May 11, 2025

But they were all silent, till the King stood up and said: "Thou hast spoken well. But we men of Phaeacia are not mighty to wrestle or to box; only we are swift of foot and skilful to sail upon the sea. And we love feasts, and dances, and the harp, and gay clothing, and the bath. In these things no man may surpass us." Then the King bade Demodocus the minstrel to sing again.

Alfred John Church - The Story of the Odyssey