Editing Nausithous

{{Short description|Name in Greek mythology}}
The name '''Nausithous''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|ɔː|ˈ|s|ɪ|θ|oʊ|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ναυσίθοος ''Nausíthoos'') is shared by the following characters in [[Greek mythology]]:

*Nausithous, the king of the [[Phaeacians]] who reigned in the generation before [[Odysseus]] washed ashore on their home island of [[Scherie]] (his son Alcinous was king at the time of Odysseus's arrival). He was the son of the god [[Poseidon]] and [[Periboia]], the daughter of the [[Giants (Greek mythology)|Giant]] king  [[Eurymedon (Giant)|Eurymedon]]. According to [[Homer]], Nausithous led a migration of Phaeacians from Hypereia to the island of Scheria in order to escape the lawless [[Cyclopes]]. He is the father of [[Alcinous]] and [[Rhexenor]]. Alcinous would go on to marry his niece, Rhexenor's daughter [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 6.4–5, 7.56–66,. 8.564</ref> One source relates that [[Heracles]] came to Nausithous to get cleansed after the murder of his children; during his stay in the land of the Phaeacians, the hero fell in love with the nymph [[Melite (naiad)|Melite]] and conceived a son [[Hyllus]] with her.<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.539–550</ref>
*Nausithous, one of the two sons born to [[Odysseus]] by [[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]], the other one being [[Nausinous]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' trans. [[Apostolos Athanassakis|Athanassakis]] 1017–1018</ref> According to [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 125</ref> Nausithous was a son of Odysseus and [[Circe]]; his brother was [[Telegonus (son of Odysseus)|Telegonus]].

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== References ==

* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Hesiod]], ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].


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