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[[Image:Francesco Hayez 028.jpg|thumb|''Odysseus at the court of Alcinous'' by [[Francesco Hayez]].]] |
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'''Alcinous''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|l|ˈ|s|ɪ|n|oʊ|ə|s}}; {{lang-grc-gre|Ἀλκίνους}} or Ἀλκίνοος, ''Alkínoös'') was, in [[Greek mythology]], a son of [[Nausithous]], or of [[Phaeax (mythology)|Phaeax]] (the son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Corcyra (mythology)|Corcyra]]), and father of [[Nausicaa]], [[Halius]], [[Clytoneus]] and [[Laodamas]] with [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = | title = Alcinous (1) | editor = [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 102 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0111.html }}</ref> His name literally means "mighty mind". He married his brother Rhexenor's daughter after Rhexenor was killed.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'', VII.54-68</ref> |
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==Mythography== |
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In the myth of [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], Alcinous is represented as living with his wife [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]] in [[Drepane]]. The Argonauts, on their return from [[Colchis]], came to his island, and were hospitably received. When the Colchians, in their pursuit of the Argonauts, likewise arrived in Drepane, and demanded that [[Jason]]'s lover [[Medea]] should be delivered up to them, Alcinous declared that if she was still a virgin she should be restored to them, but if she was already the wife of Jason, he would protect her and her husband against the Colchians. The Colchians were obliged, by the contrivance of Arete, to depart without their princess, and the Argonauts continued their voyage homeward, after they had received expensive presents from Alcinous.<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], iv. 990-1225</ref><ref>Orph. ''Argon.'' 1288, &c.</ref><ref>Pseudo-[[Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' i. 9. § 25, 26</ref> He was also the King of the Phaeacians. |
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According to [[Homer]], Alcinous is the happy ruler of the [[Phaiacia]]ns in the island of [[Scheria]], who has by Arete five sons and one daughter, Nausicaa.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' vi. 12, &c., 62, &c</ref> The description of his palace and his dominions, the mode in which [[Odysseus]] is received, the entertainments given to him, and the stories he related to the king about his own wanderings, occupy a considerable portion of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'' (from book vi. to xiii.), and form one of its most charming parts.<ref>Comp. [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 125 and 126</ref> |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden-designer/world-garden-design/7gardenofalcinous.htm JC Loudon (1835) on the Garden of Alcinous] |
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