Ionian Islands
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The Pontikonisi (‘Mouse Island’), which is connected to mainland Corfu by a causeway. According to legend, the island was formed when Odysseus' ship was turned to stone by Poseidon, god of the sea.
Island group off the west coast of Greece; area 860 sq km/332 sq mi; population (2001) 209,600. A British protectorate from 1815 until their cession to Greece in 1864, they include Cephalonia (Greek Kefallonia); Corfu (Kérkyra), a Venetian possession (1386–1797); Cythera (Kithira); Ithaca (Ithaki), the traditional home of Odysseus; Lefkada; Paxos (Paxoí); and Zanté (Zakynthos).
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