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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Ancient Chalcidice, Eretrian colonies, Euboean colonies of Magna Graecia, Naxos (island), Messina, Corfu, Aloadae, Capua, Catania, Reggio Calabria, Siege of Naxos, Ischia, Ariadne auf Naxos, Duchy of the Archipelago, Manolis Glezos, Cumae, Nicodemus the Hagiorite, Lentini, Toroni, Al-Mina, Iakovos Kambanelis, Treaties between Amyntas III and the Chalcidians, Methoni, Pieria, Euboean alphabet, Chalkidian League, Teleutias, Mende, Olynthiacs, Mikri Vigla, Chalcidian helmet, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos, Glynado, Eion, Petros Protopapadakis, Artabazus, Apeiranthos, Aphytis, Lygdamis of Naxos, Battle of Naxos, Drymalia, Keramoti, Naxos, Koronos, Rhaecelus, Arethusa, Xenophon, Messi, Naxos. Excerpt: Corfu (Greek: , Kerkyra; Ancient Greek: Latin: Italian: ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands. The island is part of the Corfu peripheral unit, and is administrated as a single municipality. The municipality includes the island Corfu and the smaller islands Ereikoussa, Mathraki and Othonoi. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality (pop. 33,886) is also named Corfu. Corfu is home to the Ionian University. The island is connected to the history of Greece from the beginning of Greek mythology. Its Greek name, Kerkyra or Korkyra, is related to two powerful water symbols: Poseidon, god of the sea, and Asopos, an important Greek mainland river. According to myth, Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, daughter of Asopus and river nymph Metope, and abducted her. Poseidon brought Korkyra to the hitherto unnamed island and, in marital bliss, offered her name to the place: Korkyra, which gradually evolved to Kerkyra (Doric). Together, they had a child they called Phaiax, after whom the inhabitants of the island ...
