Island of the Feacios

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The Phaeacians They are a mythical town on the island of Ezquerra, which may be the green island of Corfu. This town is special in the Odyssey for having welcomed Odysseus shortly before returning to his beloved Ithaca. Odysseus left the island of Calypso on a raft which was shipwrecked near an island, Nausícaa meets Odysseus and King Alcinous takes him to his father. The king listens with passion to his stories and decides to help him, he makes them provide him with a boat with crew, food and everything necessary for him to return home.

But Poseidon when he learns of the Phaeatians' help to Odysseus, enraged, asks Zeus for help to punish them.

Zeus waits for the return of the ship to punish them, when he returns the ship turns it into a gigantic rock in front of the port. This town of the Phaeacians, had picked up Jason and Medea.

La corfu island or the Phaeacians It is very elegant since many towns have passed through it and have left different buildings.

The capital of the island is kerkira, located in a narrow strip that penetrates the sea, in the extreme northeast is the Venetian fortress, surrounded by an artificial moat called "Contra Fosa", it is the island of wide streets and large squares, such as Spianada square. On the other hand we have the opposite; narrow cobbled alleys, house with an Italian tinge, imposing English houses with Georgian style, the Byzantine Church of Saints Jason and Sosipater built in the XNUMXth century, preserving its wonderful frescoes and the many Venetian monuments.


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  1.   agapoula said

    IF YOU READ THE ODYSSEY (IN GREEK) YOU WILL SEE THAT IN NO SITE IS IT SAID THAT THE FEACIANS LIVE ON AN ISLAND ...
    WHERE IS THE FLOWERING RIVER THAT EMPTY ON THE BEACH, WHERE IS NAUSIKAA LAVA IN KERKYRA ????
    THE FEACIOS, MUST HAVE LIVED IN THE WEST, PROBABLY IN ITALY ... LET'S SEE IF WE LEAVE THE WRONG TOPICS ONCE