Odysseus meets Nausicaa

Nausicaa, awaiting betrothal, pursaudes her father that she should wash her clothes in the sea; accompanied by her maidens, she goes and discovers Odysseus (naked).
She brings him to her home.

Entertainment at the Phaeacian's Palace

Demodocos sings of Odysseus and Achilles
Odysseus wins at the games

(Picture of Homer - also a blind story teller)


Odysseus pursuaded to tell his tale