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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Historical Compendium of the Island of Korcula}}

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* Historical Compendium of the Island of Korcula by '''Nikola Ostojic'''.

* Historical Compendium of the Island of Korcula by '''Nikola Ostojic'''.

(Originally written in [[Italy|Italian]]. Printing Company of G. Woditzka - Zadar 1858.)

(Originally written in [[Italy|Italian]]. Printing Company of G. Woditzka - Zadar 1858.)

[[File:N Ostojic.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Nikola Ostojic (1803-1869) author of Historical Compendium of the Island of Korcula (''"Compendio Storico dell Isola di Curzola"'').]]

[[File:N Ostojic.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Nikola Ostojic (1803-1869) author of Historical Compendium of the Island of Korcula (''"Compendio Storico dell Isola di Curzola"'').]]

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== Chapter One - Origin and Events ==

== Chapter One - Origin and Events ==

Some fathers of history took notice of the writings of Ditti who was a contemporary from Cretan. When writing about the war of Troy, he noted that Antenore was the first to land on the island and build a city. Because of the islands dark appearance of its woods it was called '''Corcira Melaena''' ([[Latin]]: Corcyra Nigra - ''Black Corcyra'').<ref>Korcula: Italian-Curzola, Greek-Corcyra Melaina</ref><ref>'''Korcula''' is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the ''Dubrovnik-Neretva County'' of [[Croatia]]. The island lies just off the Dalmatian coast.</ref><ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Curzola Encyclopaedia Britannica (publ. 1911)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322146/Korcula|title='''"Korcula."''' '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Wed. 24 Feb. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-02-24}}</ref> Other followers of his position claim that they were not exiles of Ilius, but fugitives of Gnido. In turn the vernacularisation of Ditti (work of Cav) <ref>Cavaliere = Knight (honorary title)</ref>  Compagnoni, <ref>Dalmatia, literary sheet, 1st January 1846; No. 1</ref> stated that Antenore remained in [[Greece]], but the said Aeneas, was the likely leader of the colony and founder of the ''Town of Curzola'', (Korcula's  old name was Curzola).<ref>The Old-Slavic term for Korcula was '''Krkar'''.</ref><ref>In Croatian the c in Korcula is pronounced ''ch'' and is written "'''č'''".</ref> This theory was competing with the opinion of Darete, Phrygian and other contemporaries.   

Some fathers of history took notice of the writings of Ditti who was a contemporary from Cretan. When writing about the war of Troy, he noted that Antenore was the first to land on the island and build a city. Because of the islands dark appearance of its woods it was called '''Corcira Melaena''' ([[Latin]]: Corcyra Nigra - ''Black Corcyra'').<ref>Korcula: Italian-Curzola, Greek-Corcyra Melaina</ref><ref>'''Korcula''' is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the ''Dubrovnik-Neretva County'' of [[Croatia]]. The island lies just off the Dalmatian coast.</ref><ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Curzola Encyclopaedia Britannica (publ. 1911)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322146/Korcula|title='''"Korcula."''' '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Wed. 24 Feb. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-02-24}}</ref> Other followers of his position claim that they were not exiles of Ilius, but fugitives of Gnido. In turn the vernacularisation of Ditti (work of Cav) <ref>Cavaliere = Knight (honorary title)</ref>  Compagnoni, <ref>Dalmatia, literary sheet, 1st January 1846; No. 1</ref> stated that Antenore remained in [[Greece]], but the said Aeneas, was the likely leader of the colony and founder of the ''Town of Curzola'', (Korcula's  old name was Curzola).<ref>The Old-Slavic term for Korcula was '''Krkar'''.</ref><ref>In Croatian the c in Korcula is pronounced ''ch'' and is written "'''č'''".</ref> This theory was competing with the opinion of Darete, Phrygian and other contemporaries.