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| | Odyssey Convocation |
 | | While he is still a youth, his mother, who is poor and somewhat in disgrace, agrees to marry a schoolteacher, who, rather surprisingly, has the same name as Odysseus’; minstrel, Phemius. |
 | | Indeed, he proves to be such a fine student that, when Phemius dies, he passes the school on to Homer, and Homer becomes a schoolteacher. |
 | | It is only after teaching for a while that Homer, with thoughts of composing major national epics, disbands his school and accepts an offer to travel the world with a merchant, as a sort of personal assistant. |
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