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CORFU (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
ITHAKI (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
LEFKADA (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
Aristotle seems to have regarded Leucadia, or the western parts of Acarnania, as the original seats of the Leleges; for, according to this writer, Lelex was the autochthon of Leucadia, and from him were descended the Teleboans, the ancient inhabitants of the Taphian islands.
CORFU (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
Phaeaces (Phaiakes, Phaiekes). A fabulous people in Homer, to whom Odysseus
came in his wanderings. They were as like to the gods as the Giants and Cyclopes,
seeing them face to face. Originally settled in Hyperia, they were compelled,
by the violence of their neighbours, the Cyclopes, to migrate, under their king
Nausithous, son of Poseidon and Periboea, daughter of Eurymedon, the last king
of the Giants, to the happy island of Scheria, where they built a city. On the
arrival of Odysseus, their ruler was Alcinous, the son of Nausithous; his wife
was Arete, his brother's daughter, and besides many sons he was the father of
the fair Nausicaa, Odysseus's preserver. Far from the turmoil of the world, the
Phaeaces are described as leading a life of undisturbed happiness, in the enjoyment
of the goods wherewith they are richly blessed; above all, Alcinous, who had the
fairest of orchards and a most beautiful palace. Their business was solely with
the sea, with shipping, and the provision of all that belongs to it. Their ships
were of wondrous sort. Without steersman or rudder, divining of themselves the
wishes and thoughts of all men, and knowing all lands, they traversed the sea
swift as a bird or a thought, wrapped in mist and darkness, yet never suffered
wreck or loss. When the ship, that brought the sleeping Odysseus in one night
to Thrace, returned, Poseidon, of whose envious malice a prophecy had long ago
bidden them beware, changed it to a rock in sight of harbour, and the Phaeaces
were in fear that the rest of the saying would come true, and mountains rise up
all round their city. Though it is obvious that the Phaeaces and their abodes,
Hyperia and Scheria, are purely mythical, the kingdom of Alcinous was early identified
as Corcyra (Corfu). He had a shrine there, and the harbour was named after him.
Near the island was also shown the petrified ship. Hence the later Argonautic
legends made even Iason and Medea touch at Corcyra on their flight from Aeetes,
and, like Odysseus, find protection and help from Alcinous. The Phaeacian episode
of the Odyssey has been edited separately by Prof. A. C. Merriam in his Phaeacians
of Homer.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
KEFALLONIA (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
An Acarnanian people, Amphitryon's defeat of them, expedition of Amphitryon against them, the inhabitants of Taphos, Electryon proposes to make war on them.
Perseus Project Index. Total results on 13/7/2001: 17 for Teleboans.
Electra (Elektra), i. e. the bright or brilliant one. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and the wife of Thaumas, by whom she became the mother of Iris and the Harpies, Aello and Ocypete. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 419; Hes. Theog. 266; Apollod. i. 2.2, 6; Paus. iv. 33.6; Serv. ad Aen. iii. 212.)
DOULICHION (Homeric island) IONIAN ISLANDS
, Phyleus was called by Hercules and bore witness against his father, affirming that he had agreed to give him a reward. In a rage Augeas, before the voting took place, ordered both Phyleus and Hercules to pack out of Elis. So Phyleus went to Dulichium and dwelt there. Phyleus returned to Dulichium after organizing the affairs of Elis.
ITHAKI (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
(Phemios). A celebrated minstrel of Ithaca (Odyss. i. 54).
(Telegonos). The son of Odysseus and Circe. At his mother's command he set out to find his father. Landing on the coast of Ithaca, he began to plunder the fields, and Odysseus came out armed against him. Telegonus did not recognize his father, and mortally wounded him with the spine of a sting-ray which Circe had given him to serve as the barb of his lance. When he learned that the wounded man was his father, he took the body home with him, accompanied by Telemachus and Penelope, and subsequently married the latter. He was supposed to be the founder of Tusculum and Praeneste, near Rome. The legend of Telegonus was the theme of the Telegonea by the Cyclic poet Eugammon of Cyrene. The strange manner in which Odysseus met his death is also mentioned in Oppian. Roman tradition ascribed to Telegonus a daughter Mamilia, the legendary ancestor of the Mamilii.
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Telegonus : Perseus Encyclopedia
Achaemenides or Achemenides, a son of Adamastus of Ithaca, and a companion of Ulysses who left him behind in Sicily, when he fled from the Cyclops. Here he was found by Aeneas who took him with him. (Virg. Aen. iii. 613, &c.; Ov. Ex Pont. ii. 2. 25.)
Euryalus, a son of Odysseus and Evippe, also called Doryclus or Leontophron, was killed by Telemachus. (Parthen. Erot. 3; Eustath. ad Hom.)
MEGANISSI (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
Son of Pterelaus
CORFU (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
She was raped from Possidona and brought her to the island.
Son of Possidon and Kerkyra, primogenitor of Feakes.
KEFALLONIA (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
Cephalus, (Kephalos). The son of Deion, and a grandson of Aeolus, married to Procris, the eldest daughter of Erechtheus. They dwelt at Thoricos in Attica, and lived happily together till curiosity to try the fidelity of his wife entered the mind of Cephalus. Feigning a journey of eight years, he disguised himself and came to Procris with a splendid jewel, which he offered to her on dishonourable terms. After much hesitation she yielded, when her husband discovered himself and reproached her with her conduct. She fled from him in shame, but they were soon after reconciled. Cephalus went constantly to the chase; and Procris growing suspicious, as she had failed herself, fancied that he was attracted by the charms of some other fair one. She questioned the slave who used to accompany him; and he told her that his master used frequently to ascend the summit of a hill and cry out, "Come, Nephele, come!" Procris went to the designated hill and concealed herself in a thicket; and on her husband's crying, “Come, Nephele, come!” (which was nothing more than an invocation for some cloud, Wephele, to interpose itself between him and the scorching beams of the sun), she rushed forward towards her husband, who, in his astonishment, threw his dart and unwittingly killed her. This legend is told with great variations. Cephalus, for his involuntary crime, was banished. He went to Thebes, which was at that time ravaged by a fox which nothing could overtake, and he joined Amphitryon in the chase of it. His dog Laelaps ran it down; but, just as he was catching it, Zeus turned them both to stone. Cephalus then aided Amphitryon against the Teleboans, and on their conquest he settled in the island named from him Cephallenia.
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Kephalos, Cephalus : Perseus Project Index
LEFKADA (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
The author of the Alcmaeonis says that Icarius, the father of Penelope, had two sons, Alyzeus and Leucadius, and that these two reigned over Acarnania with their father; accordingly, Ephorus thinks that the cities were named after these.
Leucadius (Leukasios), a son of Icarius and Polycaste, and a brother of Penelope and Alyzeus. Leucas was believed to have derived its name from him. (Strab. x.) Leucadius or Leucates also occurs as a surname of Apollo, which he derived from a temple in Leucas. (Strab. l. c.; Ov. Trist. iii. 1. 42; Propert. iii. 11. 69; comp. Thuc. iii. 94; Serv. ad Aen. iii. 274.)
LEFKAS (Ancient city) LEFKADA
The author of the Alcmaeonis says that Icarius, the father of Penelope, had two sons, Alyzeus and Leucadius, and that these two reigned over Acarnania with their father; accordingly, Ephorus thinks that the cities were named after these.
MEGANISSI (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
PALI (Ancient city) KEFALLONIA
Kefalos' son, eponym king of the island.
PRONI (Ancient city) KEFALLINIA
Kefalos' son, eponymous of the island and Lyssipi.
ITHAKI (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
By Padraic Colum. A classic retelling of ancient myth for younger readers by a preeminent poet and illustrator.
DOULICHION (Homeric island) IONIAN ISLANDS
According to Apollodorus fifty-seven of the suitors of Penelope came from Dulichus. Today we know the names of fifty- three of them: Amphinomus, Thoas, Demoptolemus, Amphimachus, Euryalus, Paralus, Evenorides, Clytius, Agenor, Eurypylus, Pylaemenes, Acamas, Thersilochus, Hagius, Clymenus, Philodemus, Meneptolemus, Damastor, Bias, Telmius, Polyidus, Astylochus, Schedius, Antigonus, Marpsius, Iphidamas, Argius, Glaucus, Calydoneus, Echion, Lamas, Andraemon, Agerochus, Medon, Agrius, Promus, Ctesius, Acarnan, Cycnus, Pseras, Hellanicus, Periphron, Megasthenes, Thrasymedes, Ormenius, Diopithes, Mecisteus, Antimachus, Ptolemaeus, Lestorides, Nicomachus, Polypoetes, and Ceraus. Homer mentions fifty-two suitors from Dulichium.
ITHAKI (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
The number of the suitors, according to Homer, was one hundred and eight, namely, fifty-two from Dulichium, twenty-four from Same, twenty from Zacynthus and twelve from Ithaca. Apollodorus gives the numbers from these islands as fifty-seven, twenty-three, forty-four, and twelve respectively, or a hundred and thirty-six in all. Homer does not give a regular list of the names, but mentions some of them incidentally. The names of the suitors from each island, as given by Apollodorus, can be found at each separate location.
And from Ithaca itself the suitors were twelve, to wit: Antinous, Pronous, Liodes, Eurynomus, Amphimachus, Amphialus, Promachus, Amphimedon, Aristratus, Helenus, Dulicheus, and Ctesippus.
Perseus Project Index. Total results on 21/2/2001:46
SAMI (Ancient city) KEFALLONIA
And from Same there came twenty--three: Agelaus, Pisander, Elatus, Ctesippus, Hippodochus, Eurystratus, Archemolus, Ithacus, Pisenor, Hyperenor, Pheroetes, Antisthenes, Cerberus, Perimedes, Cynnus, Thriasus, Eteoneus, Clytius, Prothous, Lycaethus, Eumelus, Itanus, Lyammus.
ZAKYNTHOS (Ancient city) ZAKYNTHOS
And from Zacyntus came forty-four: Eurylochus, Laomedes, Molebus, Phrenius, Indius, Minis, Liocritus, Pronomus, Nisas, Daemon, Archestratus, Hippomachus, Euryalus, Periallus, Evenorides, Clytius, Agenor, Polybus, Polydorus, Thadytius, Stratius, Phrenius, Indius, Daesenor, Laomedon, Laodicus, Halius, Magnes, Oloetrochus, Barthas, Theophron, Nissaeus, Alcarops, Periclymenus, Antenor, Pellas, Celtus, Periphus, Ormenus, Polybus and Andromedes.
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