person
Nausithous
also: Ναυσίθοος
Son of Poseidon and Periboea, the Phaeacian king who led his people from Hypereia to Scheria and fathered Alcinous and Rhexenor; dead before the poem's action.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §6.1 Nausithous
The Phaeacian king who led the migration to Scheria and fathered Alcinous; already dead when the poem opens.
- The Odyssey §7.37 Nausithous
Poseidon's son by Periboea and father of Alcinous and Rhexenor; his genealogy is given in full here.