Demodocus Sings the Song of Troy (from The Odyssey of Homer)
John Flaxman, engr. Tommaso Piroli · 1793/1805 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA
The blind bard Demodocus plays his lyre and sings of the great war at Troy — and hidden Odysseus quietly covers his face and cries. Explore its place in Book VIII of the Odyssey.