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Francesco Hayez, Ulysses at the court of Alcinous, 1814–1815.Arete is depicted on the left, sitting between Nausicaa and Alcinous. In Greek mythology, Queen Arete (/ ə ˈ r iː t iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἀρήτη means "she who is prayed for") of Scheria was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas.
Nausicaa (second from right) with Athena and Odysseus. Detail of an Attic red-figured amphora from Vulci (c. 440 BC)Nausicaa (/ n ɔː ˈ s ɪ k ɪ ə /; [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ναυσικάα, romanized: Nausikáa [nau̯sikáaː], or Ναυσικᾶ, Nausikâ, [nau̯sikâː]), also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's Odyssey.
Pieter Lastman: Odysseus and Nausicaa (oil on panel, 1619; Alte Pinakothek, Munich). Scheria or Scherie (/ ˈ s k ɪər i ə /; Ancient Greek: Σχερία or Σχερίη), also known as Phaeacia (/ f iː ˈ eɪ ʃ ə /) or Faiakia, was a region in Greek mythology, first mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as the home of the Phaeacians and the last destination of Odysseus in his 10-year journey ...
After the latter's death, [3] he married his brother's daughter Arete who bore him Nausicaa, Halius, Clytoneus and Laodamas. [4] In some accounts, Alcinous' father was Phaeax, son of Poseidon and Corcyra, and brother of Locrus. [5]
A viewing tower provides excellent vistas of the rich forest cover. This ancient tree is stated to be the mother of 50 species of trees which grow on it. [9] [10] The largest tree in this forest reserve is Tāne Mahuta, which is named after the Māori god of the forests. It is situated further north of the Te Matua Ngahere.
Tāne Mahuta, also called "God of the Forest", is a giant kauri tree (Agathis australis) in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Its age is unknown but is estimated to be between 1,250 and 2,500 years. It is the largest living kauri tree known to stand today. [1] It is named after Tāne, the Māori god of forests and of birds. [2]
Dennis MacDonald argues in several of his books that the woman who anoints Jesus in chapter 14 of the Gospel of Mark is a reference to Eurycleia. She is the only one to recognize Jesus, and what she has done will be widely known, in the same way that Eurycleia is the only one to recognize Odysseus and whose name means "widely known".
In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (/ æ m f ɪ ˈ t r aɪ t iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρίτη, romanized: Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon.