The Odyssey Odyssey

16: Storytime

Tom Lee

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IN WHICH: Odysseus is entertained by the rhapsode Demodacus, who is inspired to  tell our hero his own story. An athletic competition  gives rise to tension, which another story dispels. The entertainment continues over roasted boar, where art and life collide in a third and final story.

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