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Modern Ithaca can be seen to the west (in turquoise) Ulysses meets his father Laertes on Ithaca (Theodoor van Thulden, 1600) Ithaca (/ ˈ ɪ θ ə k ə /; 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 ...
The falls at Buttermilk Falls State Park, located along Rt. 13 in the south part of the Town of Ithaca. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.3 square miles (78.5 km 2), of which, 29.1 square miles (75.4 km 2) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2) of it (3.99%) is water.
Cayuga Health’s Ithaca Mall location has recently opened up lab services at its new 60,000 square foot Ithaca Mall location. Patients of Cayuga Health can access lab work in the same building as ...
Ithaca is a major educational center in Central New York. The two major post-secondary educational institutions located in Ithaca were each founded in the late 19th century. In 1865, Ezra Cornell founded Cornell University, which overlooks the town from East Hill. It was opened as a coeducational institution. Women first enrolled in 1870.
Ithaca, Ithaka or Ithica may also refer to: Places. Australia. Ithaca, Queensland, a neighbourhood in Brisbane Ithaca Division, a former local government area;
Map of Homeric Greece based on the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad (right-click on map to enlarge). The locations mentioned in the narratives of Odysseus's adventures have long been debated. Events in the main sequence of the Odyssey take place in the Peloponnese and in what are now called the Ionian Islands (Ithaca and its neighbours).
Following the murder of Shawn Greenwood by the Ithaca Police Department on Feb. 23 2010, [7] members of the Ithaca community have renamed DeWitt Park to Shawn Greenwood Park. The new name aims to remember Shawn Greenwood, an African-American man who grew up in Ithaca, [7] and end the recognition of Simeon De Witt, a former slave owner. [8]
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