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The Phaecians took Odysseus home because it had always been there custom to return lost travelers back to their homes. Furthermore, they were good and gracious hosts.

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Who takes Odysseus home to Ithaca?

The Phaecians take Odysseus to Ithaca by their blessed ship from Scheria.


How does Odysseus get home to Ithaca?

The Phaecians take him to Ithaca by their blessed ship from Scheria.


How do the Phaecians treat Odysseus?

In addition to clothing and feeding Odysseus, the Phaecians heap many treasures upon Odysseus and return him home to Ithaca.


What was the Home of the people who took Odysseus home?

Scheria was home to the Phaecians who took Odysseus home.


What does Zeus allow Poseidon to do the Phaecians?

odysseus


How does Odysseus finally return home?

The Phaecians bring Odysseus home in their swift blessed ships, and unload him while still sleeping onto Ithaca with many treasures of tribute.


Who first finds Odysseus in the land of the phaecians?

Nausicaa.


Why was Poseidon angry with the Phaecians in the Odyssey?

because they help Odysseus get home using the boats he himself give them. He was angry because to him Odysseus get home was an insult. in reality his ego made him angry!


Where was the last place Odysseus stopped before returning home?

Odysseus last stopped in Scheria, home of the Phaecians, before returning home to Ithaca. Or if 'home' means estate, he spends the night in the house of Eumaeus, the swineherd.


How many concerns did Odysseus have when he saw the shore of the phaecians?

8


Where does nausicaa find Odysseus?

Nausicaa, daughter of the king of Phaecians, finds Odysseus next to a river on her island of Scheria.


How did Odysseus get home?

Odysseus travels eventually lead him to be shipwrecked upon Ogygia, where he is rescued and nursed to health by the nymph Calypso. She keeps Odysseus there for 7 years, before helping him build a raft to escape. Odysseus raft is wrecked by Poseidon, by with the help of a river god, he manages to make it ashore to Scheria, where is taken in by the Phaecians. They sail Odysseus home on their blessed ships.