Art-necklace NAUSICAA (4 black wires, detail) In the Odyssey, the Nausicaa episode is a turning point. In Book 6, Odysseus winds up beached in the land of the Phaeacians. He takes a nap in a thicket, and is woken up by a ball lost in the course of a game. He finds Princess Nausicaa and her hand maidens who have come to do laundry. Odysseus considers grasping Nausicaas knees in supplication, but instead decides to plead that she facilitate his return to Ithaca. He praises her extensively, and she agrees to help him return home. (Odissea, VI) Picture of Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642), Pinacoteca de Naples (Italy), Ulisse and Nausicaa
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