Which people ferry Odysseus home to Ithaca after hearing his story?

The Phaeacians ferry Odysseus home to Ithaca after hearing the story of his long wanderings.

Odysseus reaches the Phaeacians’ land, Scheria, after leaving Calypso’s island and surviving another storm caused by Poseidon. Princess Nausicaa helps the exhausted castaway, and King Alcinous welcomes him into the royal palace.

During a feast, the blind singer Demodocus performs songs about the Trojan War. Odysseus becomes so emotional that Alcinous asks who he is. Odysseus then reveals his identity and recounts the adventures that delayed his return, including the Cyclops, Circe, the Underworld, Scylla, and the cattle of Helios.

Moved by his story, the Phaeacians provide gifts and transport. Their swift ship carries the sleeping Odysseus to Ithaca, where the crew sets him down with his treasure. The Phaeacians are not the Danaans or the Cicones: those names refer to Greeks and an earlier enemy people, while the Phaeacians are the seafaring hosts who complete his journey home.