Homer’s ‘Odyssey’: Who is Nausicaa, the bold princess who helped Odysseus go home?

This applies to several key characters, from the enchantress Circe, who turned Odysseus’ men into pigs, to Odysseus’ wife Penelope. Nausicaa, Odysseus’ teenage saviourNausicaa lives on the island of Scheria, where she and her fellow Phaeacians, an isolated and peaceful people, rarely encounter strangers. He is projecting his own desire to return home to his wife Penelope, but guesses accurately what will make this teenage princess trust him. Miller said in Homer’s Odyssey, Circe comes to an understanding with Odysseus and invites him to stay as long as he needs. It’s a shame Nausicaa was left out of Nolan’s Odyssey: she is a good example of how Homer’s Odyssey is “a woman’s poem”, as many scholars have recognised .