The Phaecians

A collective of ill-fated sea-going folk that take in Odysseus. Odysseus relates his tall tale filled with the Cyclopes, the Lotus-eaters, Circe, and Helios the sun god. It was grecian tradition to relate a story or provide some recompense to the aiders of a traveller, this is how Odysseus pays them for their help, or course, by relating his elaborate tale on how he lost his fleet of 12 ships to the wrath of Poseidon and the brutishness of the Laestrygonians. The poor Phaecians send Odysseus off much like Helios did with a safe travel, only to be turned to stone as they reached their home port, never to aid travellers again.