ITHÁKI

ēthäˈkē or Ithacaĭthˈəkə, island (1991 pop. 3,082), c.37 sq mi (96 sq km), W Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. It is mountainous, rising to c.2,650 ft (810 m) at Mt. Anoyi, and has little arable land. The chief products are olive oil, currants, and wine. The main town is Itháki (1991 pop. 1,714), located on the island's east coast. The island is traditionally celebrated as the home of Odysseus. Cyclopean walls and remains of a Corinthian colony (c.8th cent. b.c.) have been found. In 1953, Itháki was devastated by tsunamis.

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The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, 3000-800 BC
Book by Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood; Liverpool University Press, 1999
...courtesy of F. Kouvara . Below: vases from Ithaki: Tris Langades S551, S572 and uncatalogued...and Aetos uncatalogued . 24. Vases from Ithaki: Polis S227, S234 and Tris Langades...fig. 3 :33 and 35 . 25. Vases from Ithaki: Polis S226, S275, S225, S229 and...
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Memory in Oral Traditions: The Cognitive Psychology of Epic, Ballads, and Counting-Out Rhymes
Book by David C. Rubin; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Ballads--North Carolina--History And Criticism, Counting-Out Rhymes--History And Criticism, Epic Literature--History And Criticism, Memory, Oral Tradition
...many of the same components as the story of Odysseuss return to Ithaki. The tale of the son is a preview of the tale of the father...tales are not unique. The returns of Telemachus and Odysseus to Ithaki have a parallel, which is explicitly noted in the Odyssey...
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Sunday Morning in Fascist Spain: A European Memoir, 1948-1953
Book by Willis Barnstone; Southern Illinois University Press, 1995
Subjects: Americans--Europe--History--20th Century, Barnstone, Willis--1927---Homes And Haunts--Europe, Europe--Social Life And Customs--1945-, Poets, American--20th Century--Biography, Translators--United States--Biography
...Christopher, 36 Islam, 148 Israel, 35 Istanbul, 34 Istomin, Eugene, 237 Italy, 68, 94 , 115 , 136, 148-58, 223 , 226 Ithaki/ Ithaca, 139, 177 Jaen, 22 , 25 Jalisco, 24 Jamie, 60 Japan, 18 , 261 Jardins du Luxembourg, 66 Jaszi, George, 54...
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Greek Jewry in the Twentieth Century, 1913-1983: Patterns of Jewish Survival in the Greek Provinces before and after the Holocaust
Book by Joshua Eli Plaut; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996
Subjects: Greece--Ethnic Relations, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece, Jews--Greece--History--20th Century
...57; tobacco factories in, 43; Zionist groups in, 48 earthquakes: of 1956 and 1979, 117; in Cephalonia, 1953, 88; in Ithaki, 1953, 88; relief programs for victims of, 94; in Thessaly, 90 economy, 28, 30, 43; American Jewish Joint Distribution...
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The Making of a Refugee: Children Adopting Refugee Identity in Cyprus
Book by Tasoulla Hadjiyanni; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1974-, Refugee Children--Cyprus
...lose it the way we lost it, it is like you want to have it again. This father elaborated on this idea with reference to Homer: For me, the return to Kalograia occupied village is a target, a dream, an Ithaki relating the return to Homers
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Rating the Metasearch Engines
Magazine article by Peter Jacso; Information Today, Vol. 18, December 2001
Subjects: Manycompanies, Search engines, United States, Web site reviews
...repertoire, as its without a doubt the most popular search engine. Ithaki, a relative newcomer, for example, happily lists Google among...engine to complement its directory, but that doesnt mean that Ithaki indeed accesses Google under Yahoo!. To illustrate my point...
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When Image Is Everything: Finding and Using Graphic from the Web
Magazine article by Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo; Searcher, Vol. 10, January 2002
Subjects: AltaVista Co, Computer graphics, Excite.com, Information retrieval, Intellectual property, Manycompanies, Scour Inc, Search engines, United States, World Wide Web, Yahoo, ditto.com Inc
...more. Type your keyword in the Word Filter ("Must Contain") box and enjoy. Ithaki Image and Photo Metasearch http.//www.todalanet.com/images/ Ithaki is a metasearch tool that covers some of the Internets well-known engines (e...
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Looking for Good Art
Magazine article by David Mattison; Searcher, Vol. 12, October 2004
Subjects: Art, Association for Computing Machinery, Getty Research Institute, Indexing, Manycompanies, Metadata, Online data bases, Search engines, Software packages, United States, University of Michigan, Web sites
...listed in Part ls Table 1 (AlltheWeb Pictures, AltaVista, Ditto Images, Google Image Search, Freenet.de Bildersuche, Ithaki Multimedia Meta Search Engine, Ixquick Metasearch, Lycos Multimedia Search, Picsearch, Yahoo! Image Search) do not access...


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Holidays: Wild about the West of Greece
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 31, 2005
...and Zakinthos to quieter islands like Ithaki and Paxos, the Ionian Sea is a big crowd...the neighbouring isles of Lefkada and Ithaki I what could be nicer? The beach is on...Afroditi in Fiskardo costs from pounds 850. ITHAKI KEFALONIAOS tiny neighbour was home to...
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My Greco Cruise; It's All Hands on Deck (Deck of Cards, That Is) When Former EastEnder Michael Greco Takes a Trip to Classical Greece
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 6, 2008
...the ship serenely making its way to the beautiful island of Ithaki, we called it a night. The game was played in a great spirit...Temple at Delphi; The harbour at Kioni village on the island of Ithaki; Apollo Temple at Corinth; Michael learns to play poker the...
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Greece and Quiet; the Whole Family Will Love Loafing on Lef Kada
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 18, 2010
...leave from Nidri most days for Meganisi, with its sandy beaches and famous sea-caves, and the islands of Cephalonia and Ithaki. More than 70 per cent of the island is mountainous - its highest peak reaches 1,140m - and along the coast the lower mountains...
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Your Guide for Food and Drink
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), May 21, 2007
...Scholarcheio. It is not regarded as a tourist place, so it is not that expensive. Other good restaurants are: At Syntagma: Ithaki Restaurant, Mitropoleos 46. At Omonoia: Express (Pireos Avenue 4), fast food (Souvlaki). At Monastiraki: Thanassis...
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GREECE AND QUIET; the Whole Family Will Love Loafing on Lefkada
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 11, 2010
...leave from Nidri most days for Meganisi, with its sandy beaches and famous sea-caves, and the islands of Cephalonia and Ithaki. More than 70 per cent of the island is mountainous - its highest peak reaches 1,140m - and along the coast the lower mountains...
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encyclopedia articles on: IthAki  - 4 results

 
 
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IthÁki
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ITHAKI etha ke or Ithaca ith k , island (1991...currants, and wine. The main town is Ithaki (1991 pop. 1,714), located on the...b.c.) have been found. In 1953, Ithaki was devastated by a tsunami...
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Ithaca , Island, Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ITHACA , island, Greece Greece: see Ithaki . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...900 sq km), the most notable of which are Crete , in the Mediterranean; Kerkira , Kefallinia , Zakinthos , Lefkas , and Ithaki , in the Ionian Sea; and the Cyclades , the Northern Sporades , the Dodecanese (including Rhodes , Evvoia , Lesbos , Khios...
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Ionian Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ionian Sea, along the coasts of Epirus and the Peloponnesus. The group is made up of Kerkira , Paxoi , Lefkas , Kefallinia , Ithaki , Zakinthos , Kithira , and numerous islets. Largely mountainous, the islands reach their highest point at Mt. Ainos (c...


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