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Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous by Francesco Hayez. The blind minstrel Demodocus is playing the harp. In Greek mythology, Alcinous (also Alcinoüs; / æ l ˈ s ɪ n ə ʊ ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἀλκίνοος Alkínoos lit. ' mighty mind ') was a son of Nausithous and brother of Rhexenor. [2]
Garden of Alcinous Water Color by HW Williams The Garden of Alcinous was one of the archetypes of Greek gardens that influenced the design of Mediterranean gardens through the end of Classical era. Pastoral poets, and later, Virgil and Horace , portrayed the garden as an ideal of rustic aesthetics and abundant fertility .
Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, [1] painted between 1814 and 1816 and now in the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples. It was commissioned for Gioacchino Murat by Naples' interior minister Giuseppe Zurlo , using dimensions, price and subject specified by Hayez's patron ...
Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs arguably remains the most sexually explicit (non-porn) British movie of all time. It contains several scenes of unsimulated sex between the two leads (Kieran O'Brien ...
Odysseus is weeping at the court of Alcinous as the blind minstrel Demodocus sings about Odysseus and Achilles at Troy while playing the harp.. In the Odyssey by Homer, Demodocus (/ d ɪ ˈ m ɒ d ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δημόδοκος, romanized: Dēmódokos) is a poet who often visits the court of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians on the island of Scherie.
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It depicted a scene from the Odyssey where Odysseus was welcomed by King Alcinous to the land of the Phaiakes. [1] The theatre was considered one of Europe's best, with great acoustics and richly decorated interiors depicting ancient Greek gods and musical themes, painted by Italian artists. [1]