- In Gr**** mythology,
Alcinous (also
Alcinoüs; /ælˈsɪnəʊəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀλκίνοος Alkínoos lit. 'mighty mind') was a son of
Nausithous and
brother of...
- sea-captain's daughter, and
instructs princess Nausicaa (the
daughter of King
Alcinous) in her
sleep to go to the seas**** and wash her clothes. The next morning...
-
Alcinous may
refer to
several people from
classical myth and history:
Alcinous,
mythological king
featured prominently in Homer's
Odyssey Alcinous, son...
- Nausikaa, is a
character in Homer's Odyssey. She is the
daughter of King
Alcinous and
Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name
means "burner of ships" (ναῦς 'ship';...
- The
Garden of
Alcinous was one of the
archetypes of Gr****
gardens that
influenced the
design of
Mediterranean gardens through the end of
classical era...
- Gr****: Ἀρήτη
means "she who is pra**** for") of
Scheria was the wife of
Alcinous and
mother of
Nausicaa and Laodamas.
Arete was the
daughter of Rhexenor...
-
Alcinous (Gr****: Ἀλκίνοος Alkinoos) was a
Middle Platonist philosopher. He
probably lived in the 2nd
century AD,
although nothing is
known about his life...
- up with her in the
Adriatic Sea in
Histria at King
Alcinous' court, and
would fight for her,
Alcinous intervened to
prevent their fighting. They took him...
-
before Odysseus washed as**** on
their home
island of
Scherie (his son
Alcinous was king at the time of Odysseus's arrival). He was the son of the god...
-
Byasa alcinous, the
Chinese windmill, is a
butterfly of the
family Papilionidae.
Byasa alcinous has a
wingspan reaching about 9–10
centimetres (3.5–3...
