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Discover Odysseus's Real Island: Corfu Awaits!
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Most people think the Odyssey is just a story. But what if one of its most important locations is a real island you can visit today? Meet Corfu. The ancient Greeks called it Kerkyra. And it may be the most mythologically loaded island in the entire Mediterranean. Here is what happened. Poseidon, god of the sea, fell in love with a woman named Korkyra. He brought her to an uninhabited island and named it after her. Their son Phaeax became the first king. His people became the Phaeacians. Sound familiar? Because in Homer's Odyssey, this is the island where Odysseus
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