Final+Product-Alcinous

Summary

Alcinous was King of the Phaecians in the island of Corcyra. He received the Argonauts and protected Medea from her compatriots the Colchians who demanded of Alcinous that he should give her up for the theft of the Golden Fleece and the murder of her brother. Alcinous answered that if she already knew Jason, he would give her to him, but that if she were still a maid he would send her away to her father. However Queen Arete anticipated matters by marrying Medea to Jason. It was later that Alcinous entertained Odysseus, and after bestowing gifts on him sent him away to his native Ithaca. [|King Alcinous and Odysseus]

Analysis

The episode of King Alcinous change Odyssey for the better it lifted his self-esteem because the gods “broke him down” or in other made his pride go always. With the entire thing that happens to him he uses them as wisdom. For the journey ahead him getting back to Ithaca.

Hero's journey

The Crossing of the Return Threshold is before the hero can return to the real world, he must confront another threshold guardian. The first threshold was a symbolic death; this is now a symbolic rebirth.

The Crossing of the Return Threshold in the hero's journey of the Odyssey is Odysseus getting home to Ithaca. To do this he must get a new ship and crew from King Alcinous. He does this by gaining by being a respectful guest and proving that he is Odysseus. He gets the new ship and crew and is able to sail home. By this happening Odysseus is symbolically reborn.