Motif
blind poor bard remembered as sweetest singer
blind_poor_bard_remembered_as_sweetest_singer
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23454-23581 confidence: medium
A quoted passage says a 'stranger from the sea' may ask which bard sings sweetest; the answer is 'A blind old man and poor' who dwells on Chios's rocky shore.
The quoted farewell passage asks that a blind poor old man on Chios be named as the sweetest singer when a sea-wanderer asks about bards.
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