Nausicaa discovers him on the Scheria Beach and sends him up to the palace. Her parents (King Alcinoos and Queen Arete) take pity on him and let him stay the night. He tells them his story and Alcinoos sends him off with a ship and a crew back to Ithaca. Odysseus refuses to sleep until he reaches Ithaca but Athena puts a spell on him causing him to sleep. When they arrive at Ithaca, Alcinoos' crew puts the sleeping Odysseus ashore
When Odysseus arrives in Phaeacia he is given clothes and then led to the Palace of Alcinous by Athena. He arrives at the palace and begs the queen and king for safe passage to Ithaca. They are moved by his pleas and agree to help him. There is a feast and a athletic festival that evening. Alcinous becomes curious about who Odysseus is and has him recount his wanderings.
When Odysseus arrives in Phaeacia the first person he meets is Nausicaa. Nausicaa is the daughter of King Alcinous and gives Odysseus clothes to wear.
When Odysseus arrives in Phaeacia the first person he meets is Nausicaa. Nausicaa is the daughter of King Alcinous and gives Odysseus clothes to wear.
Odysseus is woken up on Phaeacia by the sound of Nausicaa and her handmaidens playing games near the river.
Nausicaa
A princess.
Odysseus first encounters, on Phaeacia, the princess Nausicaa, daughter of the Phaecian king Alcinous, there with her maids to wash clothes in the river.
Before. He recalls meeting the cyclops whilst on Phaeacia.
Before. He recalls meeting the cyclops whilst on Phaeacia.
head into the forest.
Phaeacia.
Disc Throwing Contest.