Alcinous

In Greek mythology, Alcinous (sometimes with the diacritical mark Alcino?s; also transliterated as Alk?no?s) was a son of Nausithous and father of Nausicaa and Laodamas with Arete.

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He was King of the Phaeacians on Scheria and welcomed both Odysseus who had been shipwrecked on his shore and the Argonauts.

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Greek mythology: Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are literary reworkings of this oral tradition, supplemented by interpretations of iconic imagery, some...

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Nausithous: In Greek mythology, Nausithous, or Naus?tho?s was a son of Poseidon with Periboea. He was King of Phaeacia and later settled on Scheria with his people. He had one son, Alcinous....