Alcinoüs

American  

[al-sin-oh-uhs] / ælˈsɪn oʊ əs /

noun

1. king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.

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Alcinoüs British  

/ ælˈsɪnəʊəs /

noun

1. (in Homer's Odyssey ) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings See also Nausicaä

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Example Sentences

Their king, Alcinoüs, was a good, sensible man who knew that his wife Acrete was a great deal wiser than he and always let her decide anything important for him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Ulysses, toil-worn Hero, through the house Pass’d undelaying, by Minerva thick With darkness circumfus’d, till he arrived Where King Alcinoüs and Areta sat.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

For them, in sacrifice, the sacred might59 30 Of King Alcinoüs slew an ox to Jove Saturnian, cloud-girt governor of all.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Nausithoüs himself two sons begat,   Rhexenor and Alcinoüs.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

So spake Alcinoüs, and his counsel pleased; Then, all retiring, sought repose at home.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William