Alcinoüs
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Their king, Alcinoüs, was a good, sensible man who knew that his wife Acrete was a great deal wiser than he and always let her decide anything important for him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Then ate the Hero toil-inured, and drank, 220 And to his herald thus Alcinoüs spake.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Now sank the sun, And those rich gifts arrived, which to the house Of King Alcinoüs the heralds bore.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
I go; but be this people, and the King Alcinoüs, and thy progeny, thy joy Yet many a year beneath this glorious roof!
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
He spake; and silent the Phæacians sat, Of whom alone Alcinoüs thus replied.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
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