Nausicaa

E18792

Phaeacian princess character in Greek mythology character in the Odyssey mythological figure

Nausicaa is a Phaeacian princess in Greek mythology who aids the shipwrecked Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey, embodying hospitality, innocence, and budding romantic possibility.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nausicaa canonical	17
Princess Nausicaa	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Phaeacian princess ⓘ character in Greek mythology ⓘ character in the Odyssey ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
activityAtFirstMeeting	washing clothes with her maidservants ⓘ
appearsIn	Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey
associatedWith	Alcinous ⓘ Arete ⓘ Athena ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Phaeacians ⓘ
createdBy	Homer ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
divineInfluenceOnMeeting	Athena sends a dream to Nausicaa ⓘ
ethnicity	Scheria ⓘ surface form: Phaeacian
father	Alcinous ⓘ
fatherTitle	king of the Phaeacians ⓘ
firstMeetingLocation	river outside Scheria ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
genre	epic poetry character ⓘ
hospitalityContext	instructs Odysseus how to approach Arete and Alcinous ⓘ provides clothing and food to Odysseus ⓘ
kingdom	Scheria ⓘ surface form: Phaeacia
knownFor	budding romantic possibility with Odysseus ⓘ exemplifying hospitality ⓘ helping Odysseus after shipwreck ⓘ innocence ⓘ modesty ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literarySymbol	chaste love ⓘ civilized hospitality toward strangers ⓘ youthful beauty ⓘ
mother	Arete ⓘ
motherTitle	queen of the Phaeacians ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
narrativeFunction	bridge between Odysseus and the Phaeacian court ⓘ embodiment of ideal maidenhood ⓘ
relationshipToOdysseus	benefactor ⓘ potential bride (suggested, not realized) ⓘ
residence	Scheria ⓘ
roleInNarrative	first Phaeacian to meet Odysseus ⓘ guide of Odysseus to the Phaeacian palace ⓘ
sourceTextPart	Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Book 6 Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Book 7 Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Book 8
virtue	piety ⓘ prudence ⓘ xenia ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homer's Odyssey → featuresCharacter → Nausicaa ⓘ

Telemachus → spouse → Nausicaa ⓘ

Alcinous → child → Nausicaa ⓘ

Alcinous → associatedWith → Nausicaa ⓘ

Odysseus and Nausicaa → depicts → Nausicaa ⓘ

Odysseus and Nausicaa → depictsCharacter → Nausicaa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Princess Nausicaa

Odysseus and Nausicaa → mainSubject → Nausicaa ⓘ

Arete → child → Nausicaa ⓘ

Arete → relative → Nausicaa ⓘ

Scheria → notableResident → Nausicaa ⓘ

queen of the Phaeacians → motherOf → Nausicaa ⓘ

subject surface form: Arete

Phaeacians → mythologicalPrincess → Nausicaa ⓘ

Leopold Bloom → majorEpisode → Nausicaa ⓘ

Gerty MacDowell → appearsInEpisode → Nausicaa ⓘ

Clytoneus → sibling → Nausicaa ⓘ

Halius → sibling → Nausicaa ⓘ

Laodamas → sibling → Nausicaa ⓘ

Laodamas → associatedWith → Nausicaa ⓘ