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=== Argonautica ===
In the myth of [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], Alcinous is represented as living with his wife [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]] on Drépané island.  The Argonauts, on their return from [[Colchis]], came to his island, and were hospitably received.  When the Colchians, in their pursuit of the Argonauts, likewise arrived in Drépané, and demanded that [[Jason]]'s lover [[Medea]] should be delivered up to them, Alcinous declared that if she was still a virgin she should be restored to them, but if she was already the wife of Jason, he would protect her and her husband against the Colchians.  The Colchians were obliged, by the contrivance of Arete, to depart without their princess, and the Argonauts continued their voyage homeward, after they had received expensive presents from Alcinous.<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 4.990–1225</ref><ref>''[[Argonautica Orphica|Orphic Argonautica]]'' 1288</ref><ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.9.25–26</ref> He was also the King of the Phaeacians.