"The gods of Olympus can’t be all against this man
who’s come to mingle among our noble people.
At first he seemed appalling, I must say –
now he seems like a god who rules the skies up there!
Ah, if only a man like that were called my husband,
lived right here, pleased to stay forever…
Enough.
Give the stranger food and drink, my girls."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 6, lines 266-272. After Athena transforms Odysseus’ appearance, making him more handsome and attractive, the improvement is not lost on Nausicaa. Gazing in wonder at Odysseus, she wishes that she could marry a man like Odysseus. Nausicas shows great kindness to the stranger, asking her attendants to provide him with food and drink.