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| Book 8 | Odysseus's still in the land of the Phaeacians |
| King Alcinous | promises the stranger, whose name is still unknown, safe passage to his home |
| Odysseus is promised | their fastest ship after they celebrate at the banquet |
| Demodocus | blind poet who sings during the banquet |
| Trojan War | the subject of Demodocus' song |
| Achilles | Demodocus sings the story of Achilles, which makes Odysseus cry |
| king hears | the stranger crying over the song about Achilles |
| athletics | King Alcinous decides to change the activities so that Odysseus won't cry |
| impress | the Phaeacians try to do this by showing off their athletic skills to Odysseus |
| Phaeacians notice | Odysseus has muscles and is fit, too |
| Phaeacian competitor | sneers that the stranger may have been to sea but only as a low-level purser |
| ugly comment by the competitor | makes Odysseus mad and he shows off to the Phaeacians that he, too, is athletic |
| bar of gold | King Alcinous asks his senior lords to go home and bring back one to give to the nameless stranger |
| competitor who was ugly to Odysseus | gives Odysseus his sword to apologize to Odysseus |
| chest | gold given to Odysseus is stored by the queen for hiim |
| Princess Nausicca | sees Odysseus and he tells her that he is thankful to her forever for her help |
| another song by Demodocus | about the Trojan Horse |
| King orders enough of the singing | because their guest cries again at the songs about the Trojan War |
| King asks this of Odysseus | tell us our name |
