Odysseus before Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians
August Malmström · 1853 · Nationalmuseum · Stockholm, Sweden
Odysseus kneels before King Alcinous and Queen Arete to beg a ship home. Swedish painter August Malmström set the whole glittering Phaeacian court around this one weary, unknown stranger. Explore its place in Book VII of the Odyssey.