Odysseus introduces himself...

• what does the bard, Demodocus, describe?


  how the wooden horse full of Achaean soldiers secretly entered Troy, and how the Achaeans burst from the horse and defeated the Trojans
• what does the bard mention?

  the particular courage of Odysseus and Menelaus
• what does Odysseus do?

  he cries to hear the tale
• what does Alcinous do, as he is the only one to notice Odysseus' tears?


  he asks the bard to stop singing
• what does Alcinous urge Odysseus to do?

  finally reveal his identity and to explain his tears