The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Phaeacia
(f´sh) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, island of Scheria (location unknown). It was inhabited by a seafaring people who were hospitable to sailors and fond of joyous, luxurious living. When Odysseus was shipwrecked on their coast, their king, Alcinoüs, and his daughter, Nausicaä, entertained him.