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In Greek mythology, Alcinous Greek Ἀλκίνοος (sometimes with the diacritical mark Alcinoüs; also transliterated as Alkínoös) was a son of Nausithous, or of Phaeax (son of Poseidon and Corcyra), and father of Nausicaa, Halius, and Laodamas with Arete. His name literally means "Mighty mind." He married his brother Rhexenor's daughter after Rhexenor was killed. This makes his wife also his niece.
He was King of the Phaiakians of Scheria, in the island of Drepane which traditionally was thought to be modern Corfu but which modern scholars believe not to have existed, and welcomed both Odysseus, who had been shipwrecked on his shore, and the Argonauts. Much of the Odyssey comprises Odysseus telling of his adventures to King Alcinous.
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