Legend has it that the Ionian Islands were created as Zeus'
beautiful lover, Io, raced through the Ionian Sea escaping Hera's
wrath. Rising from the waters between Greece and Italy, the Ionians
- peaks of an underwater mountain range - are quite unlike any of
the other Greek islands and are some of the most culturally,
historically and mythologically rich in all Greece. Consisting of
Corfu, Paxos, Ithaka, Lefkas, Cephalonia, Zakynthos (Zante) and
Kythera, they have been inhabited since Paleolithic times and have
a colourful and often turbulent past. Variously invaded and
occupied by the Goths, Arabs, Normans, Venetians, British, Germans
and most recently by tourism, they have always absorbed and
assimilated other cultures whilst still retaining their unique
character and identity.
The Ionians have been made famous in literature from Homer and
Aeschylus to Gerald Durrell and Louis de Bernieres and numerous
myths are associated with them: Corfu is linked to the voyage of
Jason's Argonauts, Aphrodite was born on Kythera, Paxos and Corfu
were once joined until Poseidon threw his trident and separated
them and Odysseus' home was on Ithaka. John Freely, who has visited
and travelled throughout the islands over the course of 40 years,
here illuminates the history, culture and present day of all seven
islands, providing the most readable and comprehensive guide to the
magnificent Ionians.
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