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Rh ried, and had two daughters, one of whom died single, the other married a Chian.

He shows great gratitude to his benefactors in his poems, particularly to Mentor of Ithaca, in the Odyssea, on account of his having taken care of him during his blindness, while in that island. He mentions his name in that poem, placing him amongst the companions of Odysseus, and relates that that prince, on his departure for Troy, appointed him steward of his house and lands, knowing him to be the most just and worthy man in Ithaca. Homer often mentions him in other parts of his poem, and when Athenê is represented speaking to some one, it is under the form of Mentor. He also testifies his gratitude to Phemius, who, not content with instructing him in literature, had also maintained him at his