- Alternative names
- Corfu Cercyra
- Information
- island in the Ionian Sea
- Alternative name
- 🌍 Arpe (alt. Corcyra) 🌍 Phaiacia (alt. Corcyra)
- Identified with
🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island) island of the Phaiacians, visited by Odysseus
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Dionysios, PeriegesisGeographyDionysiosLycophron, AlexandraLycophronEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)PausaniasPausaniasPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPalaiphatosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Callimachus, AetiaCallimachusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)CallimachusStraboStraboPs-Scylax, PeriplousPs-ScylaxOvid, MetamorphosesEpicOvidLatinHomer, OdysseyHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Pliny, Natural HistoryPlinyConon, NarrationsCononLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Place of birth of
- 👥 the Phaiacians
- Place of death of
- 👤 the Serpent of Colchis
- Settled from
🌍 Colchis (Pontos) region on the Black Sea
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Callimachus, AetiaCallimachusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Callimachus
- Eponym
👤 Corcyra eponym of Corcyra, daughter of Asopos
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Ruled by
👤 Alcinoos king of the Phaiacians
Dionysios, PeriegesisGeographyDionysiosGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Ps-Scylax, PeriplousPs-ScylaxLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Conon, NarrationsMythography & HistoriographyCononEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Phaiax (s. of Corcyra) son of Corcyra and Poseidon, eponym of the Phaiacians in Corcyrean traditions
Conon, NarrationsMythography & HistoriographyCononGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Encompases
- 🏛️ the Cave of Medeia (Corcyra) 👤 the Altars of the Moirai and Nymphs at Corcyra
- Related Entities
- 👤 Aietes 👤 Alcinoos 👤 Arete 🏺 the Argo 👥 the Argonauts 👤 Cronos 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Hera 🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Heracles 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Crete (island) 👤 Leto 🌍 the Land of the Lotus-eaters (unlocatable) 👤 Medeia 👥 the Moirai 👤 Odysseus 🌍 the Planctai 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Opountian Locris 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Euboia (island) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Cos (island) 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 the Echinades (islands) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Sicily (island) 🌍 River Eridanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Colchis (Pontos) 🌍 Mount Parthenion (Arcadia) 🌍 River Styx (Underworld) 🌍 the Tyrrhenian Sea 🌍 the Land of the Cyclopes 🌍 the Islands of Aiolos (unlocatable) 🌍 the Island of the Laistrygonians 🌍 Aiaia (unlocatable) 🌍 Delos (island) 🌍 Thessaly 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 🌍 the Island of the Sirens (unlocatable) 🌍 the Promontory of Scylla (unlocatable) 🌍 the Promontory of Charybdis (unlocatable) 🌍 Thrinacia (island) 🌍 Ogygia (island) 🌍 Scheria (unlocatable island) 👤 the Serpent of Colchis 🌍 River Anauros (Thessaly) 🌍 the Apsyrtides Islands (Illyria) 🌍 Corcyra (island) 🌍 the Ceraunian Mountains (N. Greece) 🌍 Anaphe (island) 🌍 the Ligurian Sea 🌍 Aigina (island) 👤 Mermeros (s. of Medeia) 🌍 River Asopos (Boiotia) 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) 🌍 River Ismenos (Thebes) 🌍 Helice (Achaia) 🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Neriton (Ithaca) 🌍 River Peneios (Thessaly) 🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy) 🌍 the Seirenoussai (islands) 🌍 the Strait of Messina 🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia) 🌍 Boura (Achaia) 🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese) 👤 Corcyra 🌍 Syrtis Maior (N. Africa) 🌍 Pithecoussai (island) 🌍 the Land of the Cimmerians 🌍 River Periphlegethon (Underworld) 🌍 the Grove of Persephone 🌍 River Cocytos (Underworld) 🌍 River Lethe (Underworld) 🌍 Arpe (alt. Corcyra) 🌍 Larisa (Thessaly) 👤 Phaiax (s. of Corcyra) 🌍 Tempe (Thessaly) 🌍 Rheithron (Ithaca) 👥 the Phaiacians 🌍 River Strophie 🌍 Amantia 🌍 Lake Avernus (Campania) 🏛️ the Road of Heracles (Campania) 🌍 Gaudos (island) 🌍 the Apennine Mountains 🏛️ the Tomb of Baios (Italy) 🌍 Lake Acherousia (Italy) 🌍 Mount Ossa (Italy) 👥 the Twelve Phaiacian Slaves of Medeia 🌍 Bruttium (Italy) 🏛️ the Rock of the Ship (Corcyra) 👤 Locros (Corcyran) 🌍 Phaiacia (alt. Corcyra)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.25 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 592-632 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 648-767 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 757-771 📖 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
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 6.1-6.12 📖 Naupactica fr. 9 West 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 13a-b Harder = fr. 470 Pfeiffer