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ALCINOUS (ALKINoos)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 523 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL
ALCINOUS (ALKINoos) , in
ancient
 
Greek
 
legend
 , king of the fabulous Phaeacians, in the
island
  of Scheria, was the son of Nausithous and grandson of Poseidon. His reception and entertainment of
Odysseus
 , who when cast by a
storm
  on the shore of the
island
  was relieved by the king's daughter, Nausicaa, is described in the Odyssey (vi.-xiii.). The gardens and palace of
Alcinous
  and the wonderful
ships
  of the Phaeacian mariners were famous in antiquity. Scheria was identified in very early times with Corcyra, where
Alcinous
  was reverenced as a hero. In the Argonautic
legend
 , his abode was the island of Drepane (Apoll. Rhodius iv. 990).


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