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What is the story that phemius sings in book 1 of the odyssey

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He first appears in Homer's Odyssey in Book 1. Phemius is forced to sing a song with his lyre to Penelope's suitors, the wife of Odysseus. Against his will, Phemius sings a sad song about the Trojan War and Odysseus, who has gone away long ago and has not returned
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We are at the beginning of the Odyssey: Phemius is the aedo who sings in the palace of Odysseus, in Ithaca. Penelope's suitors, now believed to be a widow, ask for a hymn inspired by the Muses after the banquet. Phemius sings the sad return of the Achaeans from the Trojan War.

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