Demodocus

King, it is good to listen to a minstrel such as Demodocus is.

The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

THEN Odysseus spoke before the company and said, ‘O Alcinous, famous King, it is good to listen to a minstrel such as Demodocus is.

Part II. Chapter IV 1918

This employment was not derogatory, but closely resembles that of the earliest bards, such as Demodocus, described by Homer, or of Homer himself, as recorded by tradition.

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

This employment was not derogatory, but closely resembles that of the earliest bards, such as Demodocus, described by Homer, or of Homer himself, as recorded by tradition.

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

A comparison of this work with the Lay of Demodocus (“Odyssey” viii, 266 ff.), which is superficially similar, will show how far superior is the former in which the goddess is but a victim to forces stronger than herself.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

During the same summer Demodocus and Aristides, two commanders of the Athenian fleet which collected tribute from the allies, happened to be in the neighbourhood of the Hellespont; there were only two of them, the third, Lamachus, having sailed with ten ships into the Pontus.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

There is Nicostratus the son of Theosdotides, and the brother of Theodotus (now Theodotus himself is dead, and therefore he, at any rate, will not seek to stop him); and there is Paralus the son of Demodocus, who had a brother Theages; and Adeimantus the son of Ariston, whose brother Plato is present; and Aeantodorus, who is the brother of Apollodorus, whom I also see.

The Apology 2006

Axiochus, De justo, De virtute, Demodocus, Sisyphus, Eryxias, which on grounds, both of internal and external evidence, we are able with equal certainty to reject.

The First Alcibiades 2006

THE same summer the Mitylenians were about to fortify Antandrus, as they had intended, when Demodocus and Aristides, the commanders of the Athenian squadron engaged in levying subsidies, heard on the

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

More worthily, perhaps, had the tongue of a lyric Demodocus recounted them; but, in the absence of the poet, the newspaper correspondent performed his part as well and truthfully as he could.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004