What is Ithaca?
:''This article is about the Greek island, for the city in America see [[Ithaca, New York]]'' [[File:South ithaca.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Ithaca's landscape]] '''Ithaca''' ('''Ithaka''' or '''Ithaki'''; {{lang-el|Ιθάκη}}) is one of the [[Ionian Islands]] on the west [[coast]] of [[Greece]]. It is about {{convert|20|km|mi|0|lk=on}} long and {{convert|6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} wide. In 2001 there were about 3,000 people living there. [[Odysseus]] was said to be the [[king]] of Ithaca in the [[Epic poetry|epic]] [[poem]] the ''[[Odyssey]]'', which was written in the [[Ancient Greek language]]. It is possible that this [[Ancient history|ancient]] island is in a place different from the modern island. {{multistub|Geo|Europe}} [[Category:Islands of Greece]]