#alcinous

• Alcinous — A legendary character in Greek mythology (Alcinous), king of the Phaeacians on the island of Scheria, husband of Arete, and father of Nausicaa, most notably famous in Homer's Odyssey. Alcinous represents the ultimate ancient model of royal hospitality and wisdom, being the one who honorably received the shipwrecked Odysseus, listened to his famous tales of wanderings, and provided him with a magical ship to return home to Ithaca.
• Alcinous — The Latinized and international form of the name of the mythological king Alcinous, the wise ruler of the Phaeacians in Homer's Odyssey. In the context of ancient philosophy, the name Alcinous also refers to a 2nd-century CE Middle Platonist philosopher, author of the handbook 'The Handbook of Platonism' (Didaskalikos).
• Arete — A proper feminine noun of Ancient Greek origin (Arete), borne in the Odyssey by the famous queen of the Phaeacians, wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa, recognized as a symbol of wisdom, justice, and princely hospitality; in an abstract philosophical sense, it represents the personification of supreme virtue, moral excellence, and duty fulfilled according to classical Hellenic ethics. In a structural-onomastic sense, the name was adapted into various European cultures as an indicator of spiritual nobility and integrity of character.