Corfu through Centuries

What kind of people are the inhabitants of Corfu?

In order to convey in a few words the identity of Corfu and the everyday life of the people of Corfu, we borrow the description given by their king Alcinous about 2,800 years ago, when he too felt the need to explain to his guest Odysseus what Corfu is and who are the Corfiots.

“For we are not faultless boxers or wrestlers, but in the foot race we run swiftly, and we are the best seamen; and ever to us is the banquet dear, and the lyre, and the dance, and changes of raiment, and warm baths, and bed”.