Editing Alcinous (section)

=== Odyssey ===
[[Image:OdysseyDemodokos.png|thumb|[[Demodocus (Odyssey character)|Demodocos]] singing to [[Odysseus]] and Alcinous, illustration by [[John Flaxman]] (1810)]]
According to [[Homer]], Alcinous is the happy ruler of the [[Phaiacia]]ns in the island of [[Scheria]], who has by Arete five sons and one daughter, Nausicaa.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 6.12 & 6.62</ref> The description of his palace and his dominions, the mode in which [[Odysseus]] is received, the entertainments given to him, and the stories he related to the king about his own wanderings, occupy a considerable portion of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'' (from book vi. to xiii.), and form one of its most charming parts.<ref>compare [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#125 125] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#126 126]</ref> Alcinous has a squire, Pontonous, who serves wine during this feast.