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Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka 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 island has an area of 96 square kilometres (37 sq mi) and had a population in 2011 of 3,231. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands,
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See moreAlthough the name Ithaca has remained unchanged since ancient times, written documents of different periods also refer to the island by other names, such as:
• Val di Compare (Valley of the Bestman), Piccola (Small)...
See moreSince antiquity, Ithaca has been identified as the home of the mythological hero Odysseus. In the Odyssey of Homer, Ithaca is described thus
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See moreIthaca lies east of the northeast coast of Cephalonia, from which it is separated by the Strait of Ithaca. The regional unit covers an area of 117.812
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See more• Odysseus (13th century BC), legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey
• St. Joachim Papoulakis (1786–1868), Athonite monk and an Orthodox Saint
• Nikolaos Galatis (1792-1819) pre-revolutionary figure and member of the...
See moreThe island has been inhabited since the 2nd millennium BC. It may have been the capital of Cephalonia during the Mycenaean period and the capital-state of the small kingdom ruled by Odysseus. The Romans occupied the island in the 2nd century BC, and later it became part of
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See moreIthaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis
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