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

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

She tended him in a cave in the Phaeacian land, and ever afterward the Phaeacians were blessed with all good things.

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

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)