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Scheria or Scherie, also known as Phaeacia, is a place in Greek mythology, first mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as the home of the Phaeacians and the last destination of Odysseus in his 10-year journey
Pieter Lastman's Odysseus and Nausicaa, oil on panel, 1619; Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Francesco Hayez: Odysseus at the court of Alcinous (oil on canvas, c. 1815; Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples)
Claude Lorrain: Port Scene with the Departure of Odysseus from the Land of the Phaeacians (oil on canvas, 1646; Louvre, Paris)
Nausicaa
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Nausicaa, also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name means "burner of ships".
Scheria
…Greek: Φαιακία, romanized: Phaiakía), is a place in Greek mythology, first mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as the home of the Phaeacians (most prominently Nausicaa and her father King Alcinous) and the last destination of Odysseus in his 10-year journey before returning home to Ithaca. It is one of the earliest…
Nausicaa (second from right) with Athena and Odysseus. Detail of an Attic red-figured amphora from Vulci (c. 440 BC)
Tischbein: Odysseus and Nausicaa (1819).
Jean Veber: Ulysses and Nausicaa (1888).
Robert Jackson Emerson: Nausicaa.