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Definition of Phaeacians

Phaeacian
Phaeacian Ph[ae]*a"cian, a. Of or pertaining to the Ph[ae]acians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.

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- knowing that the Phaeacians were hostile towards men from the outlands, cloaked Odysseus in a mist that hid him from the Phaeacians' gaze. Under Athena's...
- Gr****: Ιθάκη); the same is true of the route described by Odysseus to the Phaeacians and their island of Scheria. British classicist Peter Jones writes that...
- where are the kine of the Sun, they came to Corcyra, the island of the Phaeacians, of which Alcinous was king. But when the Colchians could not find the...
- the sea came forth Aphrodite. According to some accounts, the mythical Phaeacians, visited by Odysseus in the Odyssey, were also said to have sprung from...
- murderous Ares". Next to Laodamas, he is said to be the most handsome of the Phaeacians, and is the best wrestler. He convinces Laodamas to challenge Odysseus...
- following characters in Gr**** mythology: Nausithous, the king of the Phaeacians who reigned in the generation before Odysseus washed as**** on their home...
- Odysseus is shipwrecked and befriended by the Phaeacians. After he tells them his story, the Phaeacians, led by King Alcinous, agree to help Odysseus...
- observed in the epic, including those of Circe, Calypso, and the Phaeacians. The Phaeacians, particularly Nausicaä, were famed for their immaculate application...
- inhabitants were the Phaeacians (Φαίακες). The island has indeed been identified by some scholars with Scheria, the island of the Phaeacians described in Homer's...
- Corfu, Greece. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked...