Alcinoüs

American  

[al-sin-oh-uhs] / ælˈsɪn oʊ əs /

noun

1. king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.

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Alcinoüs British  

/ 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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Alcinoüs

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

Ulysses, much affected by his song, is questioned by Alcinoüs, whence, and who he is, and what is the cause of his sorrow.

From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper

There slept Ulysses, then, On his carv’d couch, beneath the portico, But in the inner-house Alcinoüs found His place of rest, and hers with royal state 430 Prepared, the Queen his consort, at his side.

From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper

Then uprose also, city-waster Chief, Ulysses, whom the King Alcinoüs Led forth to council at the ships convened.

From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper

Three also from Alcinoüs sprung, arose, Laodamas, his eldest; Halius, next, His second-born; and godlike Clytoneus.

From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper

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