Corcyra | |
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Abode | Corfu |
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Consort | Poseidon |
Children | Phaeax |
In Greek mythology and religion, Corcyra ( /kɔːrˈsaɪərə/) or Korkyra ( /kɔːrˈkaɪərə/; Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα, romanized: Kórkura) is the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopos [1] and the nymph Metope, herself the daughter of the river-god Ladon. [2] She is the personification and tutelary goddess of the ancient Greek city and island of Korkyra, now better known as Corfu.
Korykra was the sister of Pelasgus ( Pelagon [3]), Ismenus, Chalcis, Cleone, Salamis, Sinope, Aegina, Peirene, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, Ornea, [4] Harpina, [5] Antiope, [6] Nemea [7] and Plataea [8] ( Oeroe [9]).
According to myth, Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, kidnapped her and brought her to a hitherto unnamed island ( Scheria [10]) and offered her name to the place: Korkyra or the now-modern Kerkyra (known in English as Corfu, a name that is unrelated by origin).
"Next after them they came to Corcyra, where Poseidon settled the daughter of Asopus, fair-haired Corcyra, far from the land of Phlious, whence he had carried her off through love; and sailors beholding it from the sea, all black with its sombre woods, call it Corcyra the Black." [11]
Together they had a child Phaeax after whom the inhabitants of the island, Phaiakes, were named; their name was later transliterated in Latinate orthography to Phaeacians. [12]
Corcyra | |
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Abode | Corfu |
Personal information | |
Parents | |
Consort | Poseidon |
Children | Phaeax |
In Greek mythology and religion, Corcyra ( /kɔːrˈsaɪərə/) or Korkyra ( /kɔːrˈkaɪərə/; Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα, romanized: Kórkura) is the naiad daughter of the river-god Asopos [1] and the nymph Metope, herself the daughter of the river-god Ladon. [2] She is the personification and tutelary goddess of the ancient Greek city and island of Korkyra, now better known as Corfu.
Korykra was the sister of Pelasgus ( Pelagon [3]), Ismenus, Chalcis, Cleone, Salamis, Sinope, Aegina, Peirene, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, Ornea, [4] Harpina, [5] Antiope, [6] Nemea [7] and Plataea [8] ( Oeroe [9]).
According to myth, Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, kidnapped her and brought her to a hitherto unnamed island ( Scheria [10]) and offered her name to the place: Korkyra or the now-modern Kerkyra (known in English as Corfu, a name that is unrelated by origin).
"Next after them they came to Corcyra, where Poseidon settled the daughter of Asopus, fair-haired Corcyra, far from the land of Phlious, whence he had carried her off through love; and sailors beholding it from the sea, all black with its sombre woods, call it Corcyra the Black." [11]
Together they had a child Phaeax after whom the inhabitants of the island, Phaiakes, were named; their name was later transliterated in Latinate orthography to Phaeacians. [12]