Motif
blind poet receives identity through blindness
blind_poet_receives_identity_through_blindness
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Inspired Speech and Eloquence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 288-380 confidence: 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.
The passage states that Melesigenes acquired the name Homer because Cumans called blind men Homers.
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