Ithaca most commonly refers to: *

Homer's Ithaca Ithaca (; , ) 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 about its location. Modern I ...

, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' *

Ithaca (island) Ithaca ( ), also Ithaki ( ) or Ithaka ( ''Ithákē'' ), 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 and in 2021 had a populati ...

, an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *

Ithaca, New York Ithaca () is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York (state), New York, Ithaca is the largest community in the Ithaca metrop ...

, 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 Ithaca Creek State School is a heritage-listed state school and war memorial at 49 Lugg Street, Bardon, Queensland, Bardon, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland), Queensland Departme ...

, Bardon, Brisbane

Greece

* Ithaca (regional unit), the 2nd level administrative division * Ithaca (polis), an ancient city

United States

* Ithaca, Georgia, a place in Georgia * Ithaca, Michigan * Ithaca, Nebraska * Ithaca (town), New York, a town in Tompkins County *

, the legally-distinct city also 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 81 at the 2020 census. History John Colville platted Ithaca in 1832 and gave it the name of "Twinsborough." Its location on an established highway and along the Ohio ...

* Ithaca, Wisconsin, a town ** Ithaca (community), Wisconsin, in the town

Education

* Ithaca High School (Michigan) * Ithaca City School District, New York ** Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York) *

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca (town), New York, Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a Music school, conservatory of music. Ithaca College is known for its media-related programs and entertainment program ...

, 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 History of the Jews in the United Kingdom, British Jewish ...

Film

* ''Ithaca'' (film), a 2015 American film *'' Project Ithaca'', 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 ( from the older Gleann Criothach, which translates as Valley of the Shaking Bog) is a valley in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the third-closest valley in the mountains to Dublin city, the first be ...

'', 1999 * Ithaca (band)

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 (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, a ...

, an asteroid * Ithaca Chasma, 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