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Nausicaa
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Nau·sic·a·a  (nô-sk-, --, nou-)
n. Greek Mythology
In the Odyssey, a maiden who befriended the stranded Odysseus.
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On the advice of Princess Nausikaa, he offers himself as suppliant to Queen Arete, throwing himself in the ashes of her fireplace and stating, "my life is pain" (7.
Homer's odyssey as serious classroom entertainment by Bell, Kimberly K. / Academic Exchange Quarterly
And their generous host Nausikles, who is scrupulous in respecting Zeus the god of guests and suppliants, reminds us of the good host Alcinous--his name even recalls that of the Scherian king's daughter, Nausikaa.
Egypt in Greco-Roman history and fiction * by Nimis, Stephen / Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics
 
 
 
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