Ithaca

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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM Mike C ithaca update #116
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM Mike C ithaca added (from user-submitted name 25513)
11/17/2014, 9:08 AM Mike C 25513
11/7/2014, 12:42 AM LMS 25513
12/8/2008, 8:32 PM Sarah Falconer

Type Island
Usage English, Greek Mythology
Scripts Ἰθάκη(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

From Greek Ἰθάκη (Ithake), meaning unknown. This is the name of an island off the west coast of Greece. In Greek mythology Ithaca was the home of the hero Odysseus. Homer's epic the Odyssey describes his long and perilous voyage home after the Trojan War.