Michael Pinto
Mr. Boody
Gram. & Comp.
27 November 2015
The Odyssey Alcinous is the king of a an island called Phaeacia, this is were he got the name King Alcinous from. He came upon the island after his ship ran aground off the coast and he washed ashore. Poseidon the God of the sea had a son named Nausithoüs who married and had Alcinous. As the grandson of a God Alcinous would be identified as a Hero as well. In the story The Odeyssey Alcinoushas the role of taking care of Odysseus when he gets tossed onto the island of Phaeacia during a storm.(Alcinous) Before Odysseus was washed ashore he was on a boat with his crew. Posieden made the trip back to his home land of Ithaca very harsh and brutal. All of his crew members died during the storm
Mr. Boody
Gram. & Comp.
27 November 2015
The Odyssey Alcinous is the king of a an island called Phaeacia, this is were he got the name King Alcinous from. He came upon the island after his ship ran aground off the coast and he washed ashore. Poseidon the God of the sea had a son named Nausithoüs who married and had Alcinous. As the grandson of a God Alcinous would be identified as a Hero as well. In the story The Odeyssey Alcinoushas the role of taking care of Odysseus when he gets tossed onto the island of Phaeacia during a storm.(Alcinous) Before Odysseus was washed ashore he was on a boat with his crew. Posieden made the trip back to his home land of Ithaca very harsh and brutal. All of his crew members died during the storm