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Nausicaa
Yes - after wondering whether she might be the goddess
Artemis, you compare her to the most beautiful thing you ever saw - a fresh
young palm-shoot on the island of Delos, when you were there with your army.
She is impressed, lets you wash (alone) and after Athena has enhanced your
attractiveness, she promises to take you home to meet her parents - the
King and Queen of Phaeacia. She is obviously weighing you up as a possible
husband: but you're really only interested in the Phaeacians' reputation
as sailors. King Alcinous does agree to give you a ship -
BUT WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE THAT?
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