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	Phaeacia - Encyclopedia.com
		Phaeacia, in Greek mythology, island of Scheria (location unknown).
		For example, Homeric Phaeacia revealed a mixture of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy not less marked than in the British constitution.
		The fall of Troy and the slaughter of the suitors: ultimate symbolic correspondence in the Odyssey.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Phaeacia.html (0 words)

	Heart of a Champion: Battling Her Own Heart Disease Can't Daunt Crusader Phaeacia White - Health - RedOrbit
		Heart of a Champion: Battling Her Own Heart Disease Can't Daunt Crusader Phaeacia White - Health - RedOrbit
		But not because, at age 43, she's living with chronic heart disease.
		"Phaeacia has a chance to lead and to change people's lives, and open their minds so they're not afraid of heart disease.
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	Essay: How important is the episode in Phaeacia compared to the rest of the poem? “The Odyssey,” written by Homer
		Essay: How important is the episode in Phaeacia compared to the rest of the poem?
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		How important is the episode in Phaeacia compared to the rest of the poem?
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	What part does Phaeacia play in the Odyssey
		They are shocked he came through it, but not at the actual adventures that he has had put in front of him.
		This may seem odd, but it is a lot to do with the fact that they we are shown that here is hint of magical influence in their island, so his stories are more believable in Phaeacia.
		There is the story of a one-eyed human-eating Cyclops and the witch like Circe, but these stories are not questioned, because they are much more believable in a land like this.
	www.studentcentral.co.uk /part_does_phaeacia_play_the_odyssey_32333 (509 words)

	Odyssey 6-8 Background
		At the end of Book 5, Odysseus reaches land (Phaeacia) ; he had completed the last part of the voyage by shedding his clothes and swimming to shore.
		Odysseus, according to legend, came ashore on Phaeacia at the place known today as Palaiokastrista --an area on the northwest coast of Corfu formed by six rocky bays.
		On this map you can see the bays which make up Palaiokastritsa, and in these photographs you can see the geographical layout of the area, as well as the location of the monastery (marked with an arrow).
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /wescourses/2003s/cciv110/01/draft/Background/background.odyssey2.html (518 words)

	Homer Introduction to Homer The Odyssey An Overview Book 1 The first book informs the reader of the ...
		Odysseus escapes the sharp crags with a prayer to the gods and falls asleep beneath the brush on the shore.
		Before the dawn of the thirty-second day (this book and the next), Athena visits Nausikaa, princess of Phaeacia, and in a dream instructs her to wash her clothing when the day breaks, lest a marriageable girl be dressed unseemly.
		The princess of Phaeacia, a quite charming and believable character, reminiscent of the fairy-tale princesses of the Middle Ages.
	www.columbia.edu /~kdc2101/ebz5/lithum/asemester/Odyssey_overview.html (4246 words)

	Homer
		After his release, he builds a raft to continue his journey home, but Poseidon causes a great storm which pummels both him and his raft on the sea.
		He describes his participation in the Trojan War and the fall of Troy, his departure with all his men from Ilium, his wily escape from the cyclops, his captivity on Calypso's island, and finally his arrival at Phaeacia.
		After Odysseus finishes his tale, he concludes with the line, "And now it is time to sleep." After his epic story, long travels, and great feats, Odysseus states that there should be time for recuperation and rest, even for a heroic and quasi-immortal figures such as he.
	www.vroma.org /~abarker/indexdrew.html (350 words)

	Guide to Greek/Roman Mythology
		Nausicaa: Princess of Phaeacia who finds Ulysses and helps him.
		Among his gifts from the gods were winged sandals and the cap of Hades.
		Phaeacia: Island west of Greece, home of Nausicaa.
	members.tripod.com /ludeman99/id52.htm (1597 words)

	Teachers' Resource Web Maintained by Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D.
		How well is it governed, judging from the way the King relates to his family and subjects, and the way he receives the suppliant washed up on his shores?
		How might the impression Odysseus and we receive of Phaeacia be significant for Odysseus' subsequent return to Ithaca?
		What does Odysseus say when Arete questions him sharply and asks him to reveal his identity?
	www.ajdrake.com /teachers/teaching/questions/homer_drake_03.htm (0 words)

	CHAPTER SIX - The Princess Nausicaa--The Washing--The Game with the Ball--The Court of Phaeacia and King Alcinous. - ...
		CHAPTER SIX - The Princess Nausicaa--The Washing--The Game with the Ball--The Court of Phaeacia and King Alcinous.
		wise as she was beautiful, and the best in all Phaeacia were suitors to
		"Lords and councillors of Phaeacia, ye see this man, who he is we know
	www.readbookonline.net /read/247/7747 (2167 words)

	Different Levels of Civilization in the Odyssey Essay by Homer \| Student Essays
		Compares the three different settings in the text, Phaeacia, Cyclops' island and Ithaca.
		Argues that Phaeacia, for many apparent reasons, is the most civilized of the three societies.
		If we compare the three different places, Phaeacia, Cyclops' island and Ithaca in Homer's The Odyssey, we can claim that these islands are quite different from one another both in terms of their nature and the inhabitants' way of living.
	www.bookrags.com /essay-2004/12/1/44813/4747 (204 words)

	THE DISASTROUS LOVE AFFAIR OF MOON AND MARS: PART THREE: THERAPY FOR GROUP FEAR, APPENDIX
		Great singer and harpist of Phaeacia, who recites the story of The Love Affair, and may be a self-portrait of Homer.
		The larger land of which Phaeacia formed part.
		Fabled site of the Trojan War, identified by most archaeologists and classicists on the site of the town of Hisarlik in Turkey, near the Dardanelles Straits.
	www.quantavolution.org /vol_08/mm_loveaffair_app.htm (337 words)

	The Odyssey by Homer: Summary Book V
		This he completes in the next four days; the day following, he departs for Phaeacia.
		On the eighteenth day of his voyage (the twenty-ninth day of the poem), he spies Phaeacia, but Poseidon, returning from Ethiopia, in anger sends a storm against him and wrecks his craft.
		Then he swims for two days and nights upon a divine veil received from the sea-nymph Ino until he reaches the coast.
	www.online-literature.com /homer/odyssey/29 (181 words)

	Dreamers of dreams : an anthology of fantasy / edited by Douglas Menville and R. Reginald. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		THE END OF PHAEACIA (Reprinted from In the Wrong Paradise and Other Stories), London, new edition, [1887]
		Of special interest are two short lost race stories rarities in an area given almost exclusively to the novel.
		The End of Phaeacia is a rare lost race novelette, dedicated to H Rider Haggard and She by Flaggards close friend Andre Lang, yet published before SHE!
	www.ayerpub.com /Product.asp?ProductID=4400000015348 (335 words)

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		Alcinous - king of Phaeacia, father of Nausicaa.
		Arete - Queen of the Phaeacia, mother of Nausicaa.
		Artemis - Goddess of the chase, or the hunt.
	lrs.ed.uiuc.edu /students/mmarassa/mythology/glossary.html (787 words)

	CliffsNotes::The Odyssey:Book Summary and Study Guide
		The Phaeacian section of The Odyssey seems most likely influenced by fairy tales or folk legends.
		Throughout the story of his wanderings, which he is about to recite, the theme of appearance versus reality complicates and enriches his quest.
		The Princess and the Stranger; Phaeacia’s Halls and Gardens; A Day for Songs and Contests
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-99,pageNum-26.html (499 words)

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		Who is Ino; what does she give to Ulysses to help him?
		How was Ulysses injured on the shores of Phaeacia?
		How old was Nausicaa when gentlemen began to court her?
	www.angelfire.com /oh5/stpaulhomework/files/Ulysses_125-146.doc (220 words)

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