Nausicaa, daughter of the king of the Phaeacians , had been playing ball with her friends when she sees shipwrecked Odysseus.


Odysseus was the legendary king of Ithaca, and a Greek hero in the great Trojan War, which the Greeks won after 10 long years. On his way home, Odysseus had many adventures, including his stop at the land of the Phaeacians, where he is found washed up on their shore by the king's daughter Nausicaa, who had been playing ball with her friends. In this illustration, Nausicaa is shown playing ball.


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