Alcinoüs

[ al-sin-oh-uhs ]

noun(in the Odyssey)
  1. king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.

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How to use Alcinoüs in a sentence

  • We now come to one of the most famous passages in Homer, describing the palace and garden of Alcinous.

    Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. Snider
  • Alcinous pacifies him with gentle words, and proceeds to withdraw all his previous claims extolling Phæacian athletic skill.

    Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. Snider
  • Moreover Alcinous wishes to hear what the heroic men are doing in the future world, whither too he must go.

    Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. Snider
  • Her name is Arete, and she comes of the same family as her husband Alcinous.

    The Odyssey | Homer
  • Then Alcinous told Laodamas and Halius to dance alone, for there was no one to compete with them.

    The Odyssey | Homer

British Dictionary definitions for Alcinoüs

Alcinoüs

/ (ælˈsɪnəʊəs) /


noun
  1. (in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings: See also Nausicaä

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