Book 8 Games and songs of the Phaeacians
Demodocus sings, the discus flies, and the guest is seen weeping.
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Who is the blind bard of the Phaeacian court?
Answer Demodocus
The bard Demodocus sings at the feast.
SourceBook 8, lines 40-44Easy
Which young man taunts Odysseus at the games?
Answer Euryalus
Euryalus mocks him as a trader, not an athlete.
SourceBook 8, lines 115-119Medium
What does Odysseus throw at the games?
Answer A discus
He takes a heavier discus and casts it farthest.
SourceBook 8, lines 125-129Medium
Whose net does Demodocus sing about?
Answer Hephaestus and Aphrodite
Hephaestus lays an unseen net in that song.
SourceBook 8, lines 275-279Deep
What is the subject of Demodocus' first song?
Answer The quarrel of Odysseus and Achilles
He sings of the quarrel between the two heroes.
SourceBook 8, lines 75-79Deep
The text behind the questions
Questions cover facts stated in Homer's Odyssey, worded by us. No translation is reproduced here. Book and line refer to the Greek line numbering, located in a public-domain English translation.