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NAUSICAA , in See also:Greek See also:legend, daughter of See also:Alcinous, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Phaeacians in the See also:island of Scheria (Odyssey, vi. 15-315, viii. 457.) When See also:Odysseus (Ulysses) was swept into the See also:sea from the raft on which he had See also:left the See also:home of See also:Calypso, he swam ashore to Scheria, where he See also:fell asleep on the See also:bank of a See also:river. Here he was found by Nausicaa; who supplied him with clothes and took him to her See also:father's See also:palace, where he was hospitably entertained. She is said to have become the wife of See also:Telemachus. The incident of Odysseus and Nausicaa formed the subject of a lost See also:play by See also:Sophocles and was frequently represented in See also:ancient See also:art.
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