In Homer’s Odyssey Alcinous is the king of the Phaeacians (who live in Scheria) and is married to Arete. They have five sons and a daughter, Nausicaa. Alcinous and Arete extend hospitality to the shipwrecked Odysseus, who had been cast onto the shore of Scheria and discovered by Nausicaa. After being entertained by Alcinous and Arete, Odysseus returns to Ithaca in a Phaeacian ship, ending his 10-year journey home from Troy.
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