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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Example Sentences

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

So he, whom hearing, the imperial might Exulted of Alcinoüs, and aloud To his oar-skill’d Phæacians thus he spake.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Phæacia’s sons possess This land; but I am daughter of their King The brave Alcinoüs, on whose sway depends For strength and wealth the whole Phæacian race.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Well known is his abode, so that with ease A child might lead thee to it, for in nought The other houses of our land the house Resemble, in which dwells the Hero, King Alcinoüs.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Her voice obey; yet the effect of all Must on Alcinoüs himself depend.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William