Corfu

Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea and it lies off the coast of Albania. It is part of the Corfu Prefecture and it is the principal town of the island is also named Corfu, or Kerkyra in Greek. Its name is connected 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 Asopos and the river nymph Metope, so he abducted her, as was the custom among gods of that era. Poseidon brought her to the hitherto unnamed island and, being in marital bliss, offered her name to the place. Together, they had a child called Phaiax, after whom the inhabitants of the island were named: Phaiakes, that was then transliterated via Latin to Phaeacians.