Editing Corfu (section)

==Name==
The Greek name, ''Kerkyra'' or ''[[Korkyra (polis)|Korkyra]]'', is related to two powerful water deities: [[Poseidon]], god of the sea, and [[Asopus|Asopos]], an important Greek mainland river.<ref name="Greek Mythology">{{cite web |url=http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheKorkyra.html |title=Korkyra |publisher=Greek Mythology Encyclopedia |website=Theoi.com |access-date=29 June 2009}}</ref> According to myth, Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, daughter of Asopos and river nymph [[Metope (mythology)|Metope]], and abducted her.<ref name="Greek Mythology"/> Poseidon brought Korkyra to the hitherto unnamed island and, in marital bliss, offered her name to the place: ''Korkyra'',<ref name="Greek Mythology"/> which gradually evolved to ''Kerkyra'' ([[Doric Greek|Doric]]).<ref name="History of Corfu from Corfu City Hall website"/> They had a child, Phaiax, after whom the inhabitants of the island were named ''[[Scheria|Phaiakes]]'' (in [[Latin]], ''Phaeaciani''). Corfu is known as the island of the [[Phaeacians]].

The name ''Corfù'' is a Venetian and Italian version of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Κορυφώ (Koryphō), meaning "city of the peaks". It derives from the [[Byzantine Greek]] Κορυφαί (Koryphai) (crests or peaks), denoting the two peaks of ''Palaio Frourio''.<ref name= "History of Corfu from Corfu City Hall website"/>