Ithaca most commonly refers to: *

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 (state), New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca is the seat of Tompkins County, New York, Tompkins County and the largest community in the Ithaca m ...

, 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 is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located very near the geographical center of the state's lower peninsula. The population was 2,910 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Gratiot County, and is run as a council-manager governm ...

* Ithaca, Nebraska *

Ithaca (town), New York Ithaca is a town in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The town's population was 22,283 at the 2020 census. The town is in the central part of the county, in the Finger Lakes–Southern Tier region of New York, and is part of the Ithaca Me ...

, a town in Tompkins County * Ithaca Pottery Site, an archaeological site in New York *

Ithaca, Ohio Ithaca is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 102 at the 2000 census and 136 in 2010. History John Colville platted Ithaca in 1832 and gave it the name of "Twinsborough." Its location on an established highway a ...

Ithaca, Wisconsin Ithaca is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 648 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Aubrey, Bear Valley, Ithaca, Keyesville, and Neptune are located in the town. Geography According to ...

, a town **

Ithaca (community), Wisconsin Ithaca is an unincorporated community located in the town of Ithaca, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. Ithaca is located at the junction of Wisconsin Highway 58 State Trunk Highway 58 (often called Highway 58, STH-58 or WIS 58) is ...

, 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 Ithac ...

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 ...

, 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 ''Project Ithaca'' is a 2019 Canadian science fiction thriller film directed by Nicholas Humphries and starring James Gallanders. Plot The film begins in a secret government lab run by the U.S. War Department, where a mysterious young girl is s ...

'', 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 The Ithaca Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in New York and Pennsylvania, owned by Watco. The ITHR leases and operates the Norfolk Southern-owned Ithaca Secondary from Sayre, Pennsylvania (Norfolk Southern interchange), to ...

, a shortline railroad *

Ithaca station (Lehigh Valley Railroad) Lehigh Valley Railroad Station is a historic railway station located at 806 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca, New York, Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. The Passenger Station and Freight Station were designed by local architect A. B. Wood and built ...

, 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 20 ...

(ITH)

People

Ithaka (artist) Ithaka Darin Pappas (born July 8, 1966), known professionally as Ithaka, is an American-born multidisciplinary artist of Greek ancestry who creates using music, sculpture and photography (both as separate entities or using them in combination wit ...

, 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, publisher of academic journals in JSTOR *

1151 Ithaka 1151 Ithaka, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in 1929, an ...

, an asteroid *

Ithaca Chasma Ithaca Chasma is a valley ( graben) of Saturn's moon Tethys, named after the island of Ithaca, in Greece. It is up to wide, deep and long, running approximately three-quarters of the way around Tethys' circumference, making it one of the l ...

, a valley on Saturn's moon Tethys * Ithaca Gun Company, a US shotgun and rifle manufacturer *

Ithaca Intersystems Ithaca Intersystems was a microcomputer manufacturer in the 1970s and 1980s, located in Ithaca, New York. The early years drew on engineering talent from Cornell University when the founders, including Steven Edelman, worked in a small rented spa ...

, a defunct microcomputer manufacturer * SS ''Ithaka'', a shipwreck near the port of Churchill, Manitoba, in Hudson's Bay