Phaeacian

British  

/ fiːˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. Greek myth one of a race of people inhabiting the island of Scheria visited by Odysseus on his way home from the Trojan War

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Example Sentences

The next day in the presence of all the Phaeacian chiefs he told the story of his ten years’ wandering.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

At last he started home, but a tempest shipwrecked him and only after many and great dangers had he succeeded in reaching the Phaeacian land, a helpless, destitute man.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The Phaeacian story is indeed episodic; the interest of those adventures is different from that of the meeting with Penelope.

From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.

Unlike the Phaeacian maidens, however, the tawny nymphs were all as brave as Princess Nausicaa herself.

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)

These were the men of King �etes, and they had come overland to the Phaeacian city, hoping to cut off the Argonauts.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic