Ulysses and Nausicaa 1798 Louis Gauffier 1762-1801 France French ( Nusicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. In Book Six of the Odyssey, Odysseus is shipwrecked on the coast of the island of Scheria Nausicaä and her handmaidens go to the seashore to wash clothes. Awoken by their games, Odysseus emerges from the forest completely naked, scaring the servants away, and begs Nausicaä for aid.)

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usicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. In Book Six of the Odyssey, Odysseus is shipwrecked on the coast of the island of Scheria Nausicaä and her handmaidens go to the seashore to wash clothes. Awoken by their games, Odysseus emerges from the forest completely naked, scaring the servants away, and begs Nausicaä for aid.

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