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He was King of the Phaeacians on Scheria and welcomed both Odysseus who had been shipwrecked on his shore and the Argonauts . Much of the Odyssey is Odysseus telling of his adventures to King Alcinous.

His palace was guarded by golden dogs who never slept, constructed by Hephaestus .