Ithaca, Greece

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Ithaca, Greece is a small Ionian island off western Greece, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
Vathy, Ithaca 0 2
Ithaca (regional unit) 0 1
Ithaca regional unit 0 1
Lefki, Ithaca 0 1
Stavros, Ithaca 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
municipality
administrativeRegion Ionian Islands
surface form: Ionian Islands administrative region
area approximately 96 square kilometres
areaCode +30 26740
capital Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vathy, Ithaca
climate Mediterranean climate
connectedByFerryTo Astakos
Kefalonia
surface form: Cephalonia

Patras
country Greece
economySector fishing
olive cultivation
tourism
hasArchaeologicalSite Pilgrims’ site at Aetos
ruins near Stavros
hasBay Polis Bay
Vathy Bay
hasCoastlineOn Ionian Sea
hasHighestPoint Mount Neriton
hasLargestSettlement Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vathy, Ithaca
hasPort Vathy Bay
surface form: Port of Vathy
hasVillage Anogi
Frikes
Kioni
Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lefki, Ithaca

Perachori
Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stavros, Ithaca
highestElevation approximately 806 metres
historicalPeriodOfContinuousInhabitation since prehistoric times
islandGroup Heptanese
knownFor association with Homeric hero Odysseus
role in Homer’s Odyssey
locatedIn Ionian Islands
Ionian Sea
locatedOffCoastOf Western Greece
surface form: western Greece
nearbyIsland Kefalonia
surface form: Cephalonia
officialLanguage Greek
partOf Ionian Islands
surface form: Ionian Islands region
population approximately 3000 inhabitants
postalCode 28300
regionalUnit Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ithaca regional unit
separatedFrom Cephalonia by the Strait of Ithaca
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
traditionalIdentificationAs home of Odysseus
traditionalRegion Kefalonia
surface form: Cephalonia and Ithaca
vehicleRegistrationCode KE

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ithaca, Greece capital Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vathy, Ithaca
Ithaca, Greece hasLargestSettlement Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vathy, Ithaca
Ithaca, Greece hasVillage Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stavros, Ithaca
Ithaca, Greece hasVillage Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lefki, Ithaca
this entity surface form: Ithaca (regional unit)
Ithaca, Greece regionalUnit Ithaca, Greece self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ithaca regional unit