Alalcomenae or Alalkomenai (), or Alcomenae or Alkomenai (Ἀλκομεναί), was a town in
Ithaca
Ithaca most commonly refers to:
*Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey''
*Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca
*Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College
Ithaca, Ithaka ...
, or in the small island
Asteris in the neighbourhood of Ithaca.
Its site is located at the palaiokastro on modern
Aëtos
In Greek mythology, Aëtos () is an earth-born childhood companion of Zeus, the king of the gods, who served as the origin of the Eagle of Zeus, the most prominent symbol of the god of thunder.
Mythology
According to the myth, Aëtos was a be ...
.
See also
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List of ancient Greek cities
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign '' poleis''.
Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included h ...
References
Populated places in ancient Ithaca
Former populated places in Greece
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