Scheria
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thumb|upright=1.2|Pieter Lastman: Odysseus and Nausicaa ([[oil on panel, 1619; Alte Pinakothek, Munich)]] Scheria or Scherie (; or ), also known as Phaeacia () or Faiakia, was a region in Greek mythology, first mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as the home of the Phaeacians and the last destination of Odysseus in his 10-year journey before returning home to Ithaca. It is one of the earliest descriptions of a utopia.
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9 sectionsContents
- From Ogygia to Scheria (Odysseus)
- Odysseus meets Nausicaa
- The palace of King Alcinous
- The Phaeacian ships
- Geographical location of Scheria
- Geographical account by Strabo
- See also
- Notes
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Pieter Lastman: Odysseus and Nausicaa ([[oil on panel, 1619; Alte Pinakothek, Munich)]] Scheria or Scherie (; or ), also known as Phaeacia () or Faiakia, was a region in Greek mythology, first mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as the home of the Phaeacians and the last destination of Odysseus in his 10-year journey before returning home to Ithaca. It is one of the earliest descriptions of a utopia.
==From Ogygia to Scheria (Odysseus)== Before leaving Ogygia, Odysseus builds a raft and sails eastwards, instructed by Calypso to navigate using the stars as a celestial reference point. On the eighteenth day appear the shadowy mountains of the land of the Phaeacians, that looked like a shield in the misty deep. Poseidon spots his raft and seeking vengeance for his son Polyphemus who was blinded by Odysseus, produces a storm that torments Odysseus. After three days of struggle with the waves, he is finally washed up on Scheria.