Alcinous
Alcinous
alcinous
Queen Arete is the wife of Alcinous who is the King of Phaeacia.
Queen Arete is the wife of Alcinous who is the King of Phaeacia.
Odysseus first encounters, on Phaeacia, the princess Nausicaa, daughter of the Phaecian king Alcinous, there with her maids to wash clothes in the river.
Odysseus reached Phaeacia after a series of challenges following his departure from Calypso's island. After being shipwrecked by Poseidon's wrath, he washed ashore on the island of Phaeacia, where he was discovered by Nausicaa, the daughter of King Alcinous. She brought him to the palace, where he received hospitality and shared his story with the Phaeacians. Their kindness ultimately aided him in his journey home to Ithaca.
Phaeacia
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Before. He recalls meeting the cyclops whilst on Phaeacia.
Before. He recalls meeting the cyclops whilst on Phaeacia.
Nausicaa is a character in Homer's Odyssey(Odýsseia). She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia.
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.