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

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 land which I am in quest of is Ithaca; in whose ports some ship belonging to your navigation-famed Phaeacian state may haply at some time have found a refuge from tempests.

From The Adventures of Ulysses by Lamb, Charles

While Ulysses is thus sleeping, Minerva, in a dream admonishes Nausicaa, daughter of the Phaeacian king, to wash her garments in readiness for her wedding.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

Thus having spoke, the unknown celestial leads: The footsteps of the duty he treads, And secret moves along the crowded space, Unseen of all the rude Phaeacian race.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander