A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ναυσικάα), the daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians and Arete, became the friend of Odysseus (Hom. Od. 6.16, &c.; comp. ODYSSEUS). Later writers represent her as the wife of Telemachus, by whom she is said to have become the mother of Perseptolis or Ptoliporthus. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1796; Dict. Cret. 6.6.)

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