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Corfu island
Corfu is identified by most archaeologists with the mythical
island of Phaeacians. It was here, according to those that
accept the identification of Scheria with Corfu, that Homer
placed the penult station where a necked castaway the ingenious
Odysseus arrived after days of straggle with the sea-waves.
The ancient Corfiots were proud that they were the descendants
of the mythical Phaeacians, Nausikaa and King Alcinous, and
they named their military harbour, "Alcinous Harbour".
Until today, despite the efforts of famous archaeologists like
Drpfeld and Bulle, the palace of King Alcinous and the Mycenean
Scheria has not yet been found, though Mycenean potsherds were
found in the western part of the island.
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Apollonius of Rhodes is referred
to Phaeacians in the 'Argonautica, where Jason and the Argonauts,
having stolen the Golden Fleece and pursued by the inhabitants
of Colchis, found refuge in the palace of King Alcinous and
Arete. There, in the cave Makris, the marriage of Jason and
Medea took place.
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