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In Greek mythology, Ithacus (Ancient Greek: Ἴθακος) may refer to two different characters: Ithacus, together with Neritus and Polyctor , made a basin of stone in Ithaca into which a spring ran.
His sons Ithacus, Neritus, and Polyctor colonized the island of Ithaca (which took the name of one of his sons) and, in addition to Ithaca itself, founded the places on Ithaca named Neritum and Polyctorium. Taphius and Teleboas were also numbered among Pterelaus's sons, and founded the Taphian and Teleboan tribes. [1]
Head of Odysseus wearing a pileus depicted on a 3rd-century BC coin from Ithaca.. Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka (/ ˈ ɪ θ ə k ə /; Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithaki; Ancient Greek: Ἰθάκη, Ithákē [i.tʰá.kɛː]) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece.
A reconstruction of Homeric Greece.Modern Ithaca can be seen to the west (in turquoise) Ulysses meets his father Laertes on Ithaca (Theodoor van Thulden, 1600) Ithaca (/ ˈ ɪ θ ə k ə /; Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithakē) was, in Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus.
Ithaka, a 1996 play by Botho Strauss "Ithaca" (Ulysses episode), an episode in James Joyce's novel UlyssesIthaca, a poem by Constantine P. Cavafy; Ithaca, California, the setting for William Saroyan's novel The Human Comedy
Eurymachus, son of Polybus, is the second of the suitors to appear in the epic.Eurymachus acts as a leader among the suitors because of his charisma. He is noted to be the most likely to win Penelope's hand because her father and brothers support the union and because he outdoes the other suitors in gift-giving.
Ithaca (Greek: Ιθάκη) is one of the regional units of Greece. [3] It is part of the region of the Ionian Islands.The capital of the regional unit is the town of Vathy. ...
Ithacus, an adapted ROMBUS concept which was designed to carry soldiers and military equipment to other continents via a sub-orbital trajectory. [17] [18] Pegasus, another adapted ROMBUS concept designed to carry passengers and payloads long distances in short amounts of time via space. [19] Douglas SASSTO, a 1967 launch vehicle concept. [20]