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 ...

, 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 island ...

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

Places

Australia

Ithaca, Queensland Ithaca is a former suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Since 1975, Ithaca has been designated a neighbourhood within the suburb of Red Hill in Brisbane. Origin of the name The name of the suburb is believed to have been bestowed by Sir George Fergus ...

, a neighbourhood in Brisbane **

Ithaca Division The Ithaca Division is a former local government areas of Queensland, local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in north-western Brisbane. History The Ithaca Division was one of the original divisions created on 11 November 1879 un ...

, a former local government area **

Shire of Ithaca The Town of Ithaca is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in inner western Brisbane. History The Ithaca Division was first proclaimed in 1879, and originally covered an area that stretched from Windsor, Kelvin Gro ...

, a former local government area **

Town of Ithaca The Town of Ithaca is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in inner western Brisbane. History The Ithaca Division was first proclaimed in 1879, and originally covered an area that stretched from Windsor, Kelvin G ...

, a former local government area *

Ithaca Creek Ithaca Creek is a waterway in the Enoggera Creek catchment, in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It arises in the Taylor Range at the Mount Coot-tha forest with two streams, one arising at J C Slaughter Falls, the other ...

, a creek in Brisbane *

Ithaca Creek State School Ithaca Creek State School is a heritage-listed state school and war memorial at 49 Lugg Street, Bardon, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Work (involving Andrew Baxter Leven, Nigel L ...

, Bardon, Brisbane

Greece

Ithaca (polis) Ithaca, Ithake, or Ithaka ( grc, Ἰθάκη) was a Greek city on ancient Ithaca.An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman H ...

, 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 M ...

, 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 plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the di ...

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, in the town

Education

Ithaca High School (Michigan) Ithaca High School is a public high school located in Ithaca, Michigan, United States in central Gratiot County. Serving grades 7-12, it is part of the Ithaca Public Schools system and a member of the Tri-Valley West Athletic Conference. Demog ...

* 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 go ...

, 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 Hi ...

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, a shortline railroad * Ithaca station (Lehigh Valley Railroad), a former railroad station * Ithaca Tompkins International Airport (ITH)

People

* Ithaka (artist), American musician, writer, and artist *

Ithaka Maria Ithaka Maria Harito (born Gyrcelea-Ithaka-Maria Pruuli in Tallinn on 21 June 1979; former surname Rahula) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. She has been studied in Georg Ots Tallinn Music College (1994-1996) and in Estonian Academy of Music ...

(born 1979), Estonian singer and songwriter *

Craig Horner Craig Horner (born 24 January 1983) is an Australian actor and musician who first appeared in the Australian television program ''Cybergirl''. He is best known for his role as Richard Cypher in the television series '' Legend of the Seeker''. B ...

(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 paren ...

, publisher of academic journals in JSTOR * 1151 Ithaka, 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 long ...

, a valley on Saturn's moon Tethys *

Ithaca Gun Company The Ithaca Gun Company is a manufacturer of shotguns and rifles originally established in Ithaca, New York, in 1880. History Over the years, Ithaca made numerous firearms, most notably the Ithaca Flues double-barreled shotgun and the Ithaca 37 ...

, 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