Comparative mythology corpus

Blind Poet Receives Identity Through Blindness

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Iliad The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 288-380 high At Cuma, Melesigenes asks for public maintenance in exchange for glorifying the city. A speaker objects to feeding Homers; the pension is denied, and the passage explains Homer as a Cuman term for blind men. record