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|auten=the [[Phaeacians]], a [[fabulous]] [[people]] [[related]] to the gods, [[dwelling]] in Scheria, [[where]] [[they]] lived a [[life]] of [[ease]], [[averse]] to [[war]] and [[devoted]] to [[sea]]-faring. The ships in [[which]] [[they]] [[escort]] guests to [[their]] homes, [[however]] [[distant]], are [[themselves]] [[possessed]] of [[intelligence]] to [[find]] the [[way]]. The names of [[nearly]] [[all]] the [[Phaeacians]] mentioned are [[significant]] of the [[love]] of ships, [[not]] excepting [[that]] of Nausicaa ([[ναῦς]]), the [[most]] [[charming]] of [[them]] [[all]], Od. 5.34, Od. 6.4, Od. 8.244 ff.
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