Editing Alcinous (section)

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[[Image:Francesco Hayez 028.jpg|thumb|300px|''[[Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous]]'' by [[Francesco Hayez]]. The blind minstrel [[Demodocus (Odyssey character)|Demodocus]] is playing the harp.]]

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Alcinous''' (also '''Alcinoüs'''; {{IPAc-en|æ|l|ˈ|s|ɪ|n|ə|ʊ|ə|s}};<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/alcinous Alcinoüs definition and meaning] in ''[[Collins English Dictionary]]'', Retrieved 25 December 2024</ref> {{langx|grc|Ἀλκίνοος}} ''Alkínoos'' {{lit|mighty mind}}) was a son of [[Nausithous]] and brother of [[Rhexenor]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 7.2</ref> After the latter's death,<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 7.54–68</ref> he married his brother's daughter [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]] who bore him [[Nausicaa]], [[Halius]], [[Clytoneus]] and [[Laodamas]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Schmitz|first=Leonhard|title=Alcinous (1)|editor=[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]|encyclopedia=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=102|publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]]|location=Boston|year=1867|url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0111.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028160524/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0111.html|archive-date=2007-10-28}}</ref> In some accounts, Alcinous' father was [[Phaeax (mythology)|Phaeax]], son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Corcyra (mythology)|Corcyra]], and brother of [[Locrus]].<ref name=":0">[[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]], [https://topostext.org/work/489#3 3]</ref>