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Phaeacian

British

/ fiːˈeɪʃən /

noun

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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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

They seek the cisterns where Phaeacian dames Wash their fair garments in the limpid streams; Where, gathering into depth from falling rills, The lucid wave a spacious bason fills.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

The gardens and palace of Alcinous and the wonderful ships of the Phaeacian mariners were famous in antiquity.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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

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