- Alternative names
- Corfu Cercyra
- Alternative name
- 🌍 Arpe (alt. Corcyra) 🌍 Phaiacia (alt. Corcyra)
- Information
- island in the Ionian Sea
- Identified with
🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island) island of the Phaiacians, visited by Odysseus
- Place of birth of
- 👥 the Phaiacians
- Settled from
🌍 Colchis (Pontos) region on the Black Sea
- Eponym
👤 Corcyra eponym of Corcyra, daughter of Asopos
- Ruled by
👤 Alcinoos king of the Phaiacians
👤 Phaiax (s. of Corcyra) son of Corcyra and Poseidon, eponym of the Phaiacians in Corcyrean traditions
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.25 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 592-632 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 648-767 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 757-773 📖 Pausanias 2.3.9 📖 Pausanias 2.5.2 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 492-497 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.26 📖 Naupactica fr. 9 West 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 20 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 55-205 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 12 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 15 Harder 📖 Strabo 7.3.6 📖 Strabo 1.2.37 📖 Strabo 6.2.4 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 13a-b Harder = fr. 470 Pfeiffer 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 14 Harder 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.705-13.749 📖 Ps-Scylax, Periplous 22.1 📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.52 📖 Pliny, Natural History 4.53 📖 Conon, Narrations 3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.24-1.9.26
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Naupactica Dionysios, Periegesis Lycophron, Alexandra Pausanias Strabo Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Callimachus, Aetia Callimachus, Hymn to Delos Ovid, Metamorphoses Conon, Narrations Ps-Scylax, Periplous Pliny, Natural History
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