Alcinous

Alcinous

Alcinous, ī, m. (Ἀλκίνοος), Sohn des Nausithous, Enkel Neptuns, der aus der (homer.) Sage bekannte oberste Fürst der Phäaken auf Scheria (Corcyra, j. Corfu), Vater der Nausikaa, s. Hyg. fab. 23 u. 125 sqq., berühmt durch die gastliche Aufnahme des an die Küste von Korkyra (cautibus Alcinoi, Ov. met. 14, 465) verschlagenen Ulixes, Ov. ex Pont. 2, 9, 42. – Seine herrlichen Gärten voll saftigen Obstes (Plin. 19, 49; vgl. Corcyraei pomaria regis, Mart. 8, 68, 1) wurden sprichw.; dah. Alcinoi silvae, fruchtbare Obstbäume, Verg. georg. 2, 87 (vgl. Corcyraei frondes horti. Mart. 13, 37). – u. poma dare Alcinoo, von einer überflüssigen Sache, Ov. ex Pont. 4, 2, 10. Mart. 7, 42, 6. – u. Alcinoi iuventus, Phäaken (= weibische Wollüstlinge), Hor. ep. 1, 2, 28 sq.


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