Nausicaa

=Nausicaa= (from the //Odyssey//)

=Biography:=

Parents: King Alcinous and Queen Arete Relationships:Married to Telemachus, Odysseus' son Off-springs: Perseptolis or Ptoliporthus Description: Nausicaa is a very kind and understanding person. She helped Odysseus when he was shipwrecked and listened to him when they first met. According to Odysseus, Nausicaa was also very beautiful because she looked like a goddess.

=**The //Odyssey//:**=

Nausicaa was a major character in the //Odyssey//. She was the one who helped Odysseus when he was shipwrecked again by Posiedon. She first had a dream from Athena that she will soon get married, and that she should wash her clothes first thing in the morning. When she woke up, she asked her father if she could go wash her clothes. She did not want to tell her father about her soon to be getting married, so she told her father that she will handle all the clothes her father wears for important state affairs. Her father allowed her to go even though he knew she was lying. Nausicaa then went to the beach with her servants and washed her clothes there. After they washed the clothes, they then went to play with a ball. Nausicaa accidentally dropped the ball in the river and they all shrieked. Their shrieks woke Odysseus up. When Nausicaa saw Odysseus, she allowed him to tell her his story. Nausicaa gave Odysseus some clothes to wear and told him to go to his father's house. Odysseus was able to get a ship from Nausicaa's father and sail away. http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Nausicaa.html http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/NausicaaFredericLeighton.html http://www.maicar.com/GML/Nausicaa.html