Korkyra (mythology)

Corcyra
Corcyra (or Hera) on the relief of the Corcyra-Athens alliance, 375 BC, Acropolis Museum
AbodeCorfu
Genealogy
Parents
ConsortPoseidon
ChildrenPhaeax

In Greek mythology and religion, Corcyra (/kɔːrˈsaɪərə/) or Korkyra (/kɔːrˈkaɪərə/; Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα, romanizedKórkura) 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.

  1. ^ Bacchylides, fr. 9; Corinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell); Apollonius Rhodius, 4.568; Pausanias, 2.5.2 & 5.22.6
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1