Alcinoüs
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. SniderAlcinous pacifies him with gentle words, and proceeds to withdraw all his previous claims extolling Phæacian athletic skill.
Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. SniderMoreover Alcinous wishes to hear what the heroic men are doing in the future world, whither too he must go.
Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. SniderHer name is Arete, and she comes of the same family as her husband Alcinous.
The Odyssey | HomerThen 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
/ (ælˈsɪnəʊəs) /
(in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings: See also Nausicaä
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