Topic summary
Zacynthus
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Zakynthos.
Ancient history
Pausanias writes that the acropolis of Zacynthus was called Psophis because the first man to sail to the island was Zacynthus, the son of Dardanus of Psophis, who became its founder. Stephanus of Byzantium also states that the colony on the island was named Zacynthus after him.