Phaeacian
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 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
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 W. P. Ker
Poseidon in anger at the arrival of the hero changed the returning Phaeacian ship into stone when it was almost within the harbour of the city.
From Authors of Greece by T. W. Lumb
He has at any rate called attention to one of the most interesting parts of Epic, and has found the right word for the episodes of the Phaeacian story of Odysseus.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker
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