Back Alcinoos AST Алкиной Bulgarian Alkinoos BR Alcínous (rei) Catalan Alkinoos Czech Alkinoos (Sohn des Nausithoos) German Αλκίνοος Greek Alkinoo EO Alcínoo Spanish Alkinoos ET
In Greek mythology, Alcinous (also Alcinoüs; /ælˈsɪnəʊəs/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἀλκίνοος Alkínoos lit. 'mighty mind') was a son of Nausithous and brother of Rhexenor.[2] After the latter's death,[3] he married his brother's daughter Arete who bore him Nausicaa, Halius, Clytoneus and Laodamas.[4] In some accounts, Alcinous' father was Phaeax, son of Poseidon and Corcyra, and brother of Locrus.[5]
- ^ Alcinoüs definition and meaning in Collins English Dictionary, Retrieved 25 December 2024
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 7.2
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 7.54–68
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alcinous (1)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 102. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28.
- ^ Conon, 3