House of Alcinous

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The House of Alcinous is the royal household of the Phaeacian king Alcinous in Greek mythology, famed in Homer’s Odyssey as the hospitable court that aids Odysseus on his journey home.

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House of Alcinous canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional building
mythological location
royal palace
appearsInBook Odyssey Book 11 NERFINISHED
Odyssey Book 13 NERFINISHED
Odyssey Book 6 NERFINISHED
Odyssey Book 7 NERFINISHED
Odyssey Book 8 NERFINISHED
associatedWith seafaring Phaeacians
xenia
category Locations in the Odyssey NERFINISHED
Palaces in Greek mythology
country Phaeacia NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek mythology
describedBy Homer NERFINISHED
function court of the Phaeacian king
genre epic setting
governedBy Alcinous NERFINISHED
hasFeature attendants fashioned by Hephaestus
bronze walls
central hall for feasting
gardens with ever-bearing fruit trees
golden doors
seat of Arete beside the king
throne of Alcinous NERFINISHED
hosted Demodocus NERFINISHED
Odysseus NERFINISHED
influenced later literary depictions of ideal courts
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
locatedInWork Homeric epics NERFINISHED
Odyssey NERFINISHED
notableFor Phaeacian athletic games
hospitality to Odysseus
lavish feasts and banquets
storytelling and songs of Demodocus
partOf Phaeacia NERFINISHED
relatedWork Argonautica NERFINISHED
residenceOf Alcinous NERFINISHED
Arete NERFINISHED
Nausicaa NERFINISHED
Phaeacian royal family
roleInNarrative place where Odysseus recounts his adventures
starting point of Odysseus’ final voyage to Ithaca
symbolizes idealized hospitality
prosperity and refinement of the Phaeacians
timeOfCompositionOfSource 8th century BCE (approximate)

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Clytoneus family House of Alcinous