Corcȳra

, an island in the Ionian sea, about 12 miles from Buthrotum, on the coast of Epirus; famous for the shipwreck of Uly es, and the gardens of Alcinous. It has been succe ively Drepane , Scheria , and Phæacia , and now bears the name of Corfu . Some Corinthians, with Cher sic rates at their head, came to settle there, when banished from their country, 703 years before the christian era. A colony of Colchis had settled there 1349 years before Christ. The war which was carried on by the A then i ans against the Corcyreans, and was called Corcyrean , became but a preparation for the Peloponnesian war. The people of Corcyra were once so hated by the Cretans, that such as were found on the island of Crete were always put to death. Ovid , Ibis , li. 512 .— Homer , Ody ey , bk. 5 , . — Lucan , bk. 9 , li. 32 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 7 .— Pliny , bk. 4 , ch. 12 .— Strabo , bk. 6 .