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Homer's Ithaca Ithaca (; Greek: Ιθάκη, ''Ithakē'') was, in Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus. The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's ''Odyssey'', is a matter for debate. There have been various theories a ...

, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' *

Ithaca (island) Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka (; Greek: Ιθάκη, ''Ithaki'' ; Ancient Greek: Ἰθάκη, ''Ithakē'' ) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece. Ithaca's main islan ...

, an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *

Ithaca, New York Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca is the seat of Tompkins County and the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named a ...

, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College Ithaca, Ithaka or Ithica may also refer to:

Places

Australia

* Ithaca, Queensland, a neighbourhood in Brisbane ** Ithaca Division, a former local government area ** Shire of Ithaca, a former local government area ** Town of Ithaca, a former local government area * Ithaca Creek, a creek in Brisbane * Ithaca Creek State School, Bardon, Brisbane

Greece

* Ithaca (polis), an ancient city

United States

* Ithaca, Georgia, a place in Georgia * Ithaca, Michigan * Ithaca, Nebraska * Ithaca (town), New York, a town in Tompkins County * Ithaca Pottery Site, an archaeological site in New York * Ithaca, Ohio * Ithaca, Wisconsin, a town ** Ithaca (community), Wisconsin, in the town

Education

* Ithaca High School (Michigan) * Ithaca City School District, New York **

Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York) Ithaca High School (IHS) is a public high school in Ithaca, New York, USA. It is part of the Ithaca City School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 1,675. The school is located at 1401 North Cayuga Street in the north end of Ithaca ...

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and g ...

, New York

Literature

* ''Ithaka'' (play), a 1996 play by Botho Strauss * "Ithaca" (''Ulysses'' episode), an episode in James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' * ''Ithaca'' (poem), a poem by Constantine P. Cavafy *Ithaca, California, the setting for William Saroyan's novel '' The Human Comedy'' *''Ithaca'', a no-ship in the ''Dune'' fictional universe *''Ithaka'', a young-adult novel by

Adèle Geras Adèle Daphne Geras (née Weston; born 15 March 1944) is an English writer for young children, teens and adults. Early life Geras was born in Jerusalem, British Mandatory Palestine to British Jewish parents. Her father (later a lawyer and H ...

Film

* ''Ithaca'' (film), a 2015 American film *'' Project Ithaca'', a 2019 sci-fi film by Anthony Artibello and Kevin C. Bjerkness * ''Ithaka'' (film), a 2021 Australian documentary film about the campaign to free Julian Assange

Music

* ''Ithaca'' (Paula Cole album), 2010 * ''Ithaca'' (Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, and Paul Lytton album), 2004 *"Ithaca", a song by Peter Mulvey from ''

Glencree Glencree ( ga, Gleann Crí from the older Gleann Criothach, which translates as Valley of the Shaking Bog) is a valley in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland. It is the third-closest valley in the mountains to Dublin city, the first being ...

'', 1999

Transportation

* Ithaca Bus Station, a former bus terminal in Ithaca, New York * Ithaca Central Railroad, a shortline railroad * Ithaca station (Lehigh Valley Railroad), a former railroad station *

Ithaca Tompkins International Airport Ithaca Tompkins International Airport is a county-owned airport located in the Town of Lansing, three miles northeast of Ithaca, the county seat and only city in Tompkins County, New York. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for ...

(ITH)

People

* Ithaka (artist), American musician, writer, and artist * Ithaka Maria (born 1979), Estonian singer and songwriter * Craig Horner (born 1983), Australian actor and musician who has recorded as Ithaca

Other uses

Ithaka Harbors Ithaka Harbors, Inc. is a US not-for-profit organization whose stated mission is to "help the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways". It is the parent ...

, publisher of academic journals in JSTOR * 1151 Ithaka, an asteroid * Ithaca Chasma, a valley on Saturn's moon Tethys * Ithaca Gun Company, a US shotgun and rifle manufacturer * Ithaca Intersystems, a defunct microcomputer manufacturer * SS ''Ithaka'', a shipwreck near the port of Churchill, Manitoba, in Hudson's Bay