Alcinous calls a council, in which it is resolved to transport Ulysses
into his country. After which splendid entertainments are made, where
the celebrated musician and poet, Demodocus, plays and sings to the
guests. They next proceed to the games, the race, the wrestling,
discus, &c., where Ulysses casts a prodigious length, to the
admiration of all the spectators. They return again to the banquet and
Demodocus sings the loves of Mars and Venus. Ulysses, after a
compliment to the poet, desires him to sing the introduction of the
wooden horse into Troy, which subject provoking his tears, Alcinous
inquires of his guest his name, parentage, and fortunes.