Volume 1, Issue 1
Christmas 2008
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For a bit of fun, here are ten questions to get your brains back into action for 2009.
Who will be the first to answer every one correctly?
Who will be the first to answer every one correctly?
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Learn the language, and what will you find on your doorstep?
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Where did Father Christmas and St Spiridon probably meet?
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What did sychophants do in ancient Greece?
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Who will soon be heaving aside their winter bedclothes?
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According to legend, who found Odysseus naked in the reeds?
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Why do Corfu’s olive trees look quite different?
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Christmas carols Greek style – but what are they called?
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What can you look forward to if you play your little clay drum?
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What is flowering on the dunes in May?
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What is sprouting at Almiros?
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Send your answers to info@rodaonline.org - the clock’s running!
Most visitors to Corfu have discovered that the Greek name for the Island is Kerkyra. There are many opinions about the origin of the name, some relating to the imposing twin peaks of the 900 metre mountain range in the north. However, the most popular explanation for the origin of the name goes all the way back to Greek Mythology.
The story is that Poseidon himself, fell in love with Korkyra, the daughter of the river-god Asopus and river nymph Metope. Poseidon abducted Korkyra and took her to an unnamed island and, being completely besotted by her, named the island after her.
Eventually, they had a child
The story is that Poseidon himself, fell in love with Korkyra, the daughter of the river-god Asopus and river nymph Metope. Poseidon abducted Korkyra and took her to an unnamed island and, being completely besotted by her, named the island after her.
Eventually, they had a child
called Phaiax and Corfu’s inhabitants were named after him. The name developed later into Phaeacians and the name Feax is still found in use around the island today, not least on ferries shuttling between Corfu and the mainland. Ships have always been significant in Phaeacian history and Homer described them as ‘fast as a falcon.’
The most famous Phaeacian king of all, Alkinoos, was, according to Homer, reputed to reside in Corfu and it was his daughter Nafsica, who found Odysseus naked in the reeds after Poseidon had
The most famous Phaeacian king of all, Alkinoos, was, according to Homer, reputed to reside in Corfu and it was his daughter Nafsica, who found Odysseus naked in the reeds after Poseidon had
shipwrecked him off the west coast of Corfu. He was given a Phaeacian ship to sail back to his home and his family in Ithaca.
Homer wrote:
Homer wrote:
‘The ship bounded forward on her way as a four in hand chariot flies over the course when the horses feel the whip. Her prow curvetted as it were the neck of a stallion, and a great wave of dark blue water seethed in her wake. She held steadily on her course, and even a falcon, swiftest of all birds, could not have kept
pace with her.’
pace with her.’
THE ISLAND OF
THE PHAEACIANS
THE PHAEACIANS
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