ALCINOUS (Gr. al-kin-o-6s), in ancient Greek legend, king of the Phaeacians, in the island of Scheria, son of Nausithous and grandson of Poseidon. His reception and entertainment of Odys seus (q.v.), who when cast by a storm on the shore of the island was relieved by the king's daughter, Nausicaa, is described in the Odyssey (vi., xiii.). Scheria was identified in very early times with Corcyra, where Alcinous was reverenced as a hero. In the Argo nautic legend, his abode was the island of Drepane (Apoll. Rho dius iv., 99o).