Ithaca
approaching the sheltered harbor
community of Ithaca
Itháki, also Ithaca, island, western Greece, one of the Ionian Islands, in Kefallinía (Cephalonia) Department. The small community of Itháki, on a sheltered bay in the southern part of the island, is the capital and chief port. The mountainous, rocky island has many archaeological relics and may have been the site of the legendary kingdom of Odysseus depicted by Homer in the Odyssey. An earthquake damaged the island in 1953. Area, 96 sq km (37 sq mi) population (1981) 3,646.
Text from Microsoft Encarta
island in the harbor
fisher person
a church on the interior of the island
inland house
citrus growing
cove where Odysseus was thought to have landed
More photos of the Homer Legend
the butcher
treats for all ages