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Nausicaa
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thumb|Nausicaa (second from right) with Athena and Odysseus. Detail of an Attic red-figured amphora from Vulci ()
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thumb|Nausicaa (second from right) with Athena and Odysseus. Detail of an Attic red-figured amphora from Vulci ()
Nausicaa (; , or , ), also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's Odyssey. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name means "burner of ships" ( 'ship'; 'to burn').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nausicaa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.