Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Phaeacians: Nausicaa, Alcinous, and the Escort Home (*Odyssey* 6–8)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Nostoi · Homeric — *Odyssey* 6–8
• Nausicaa Meets Odysseus (*Odyssey* 6)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Phaeacians · Homeric — river meeting and guidance isolated from Alcinous’s hall
• Arete: Phaeacian Queen and Counselor (*Odyssey*)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Scheria · Homeric — Arete’s authority among the Phaeacians; Odysseus’s appeal

Places appearing with them

• Alcinous’s palace
• City and palace of Alcinous
• Ithaca
• Palace of Alcinous
• River of washing
• River washing-pools near the shore
• Scheria

Themes

• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Petrification
• War