Tags: Mythological Figure.
Alcinoe (Ἀλκινόη) is the name that is attributed to two women in Greek mythology:Alcinoe daughter of Polybus of Corinth and wife of Amphilochus son of Dryas. She refused to pay the full wages to Nicandra a weaver she had hired and the woman prayed to Athena to avenge her. The goddess afflicted Alcinoe with a passion for Xanthus of Samos and she left her husband and children and ran away with him.