Ithacus Explained

In Greek mythology, Ithacus (Ancient Greek: Ἴθακος) may refer to two different characters:

• Ithacus, together with Neritus and Polyctor, made a basin of stone in Ithaca into which a spring ran.^[1]
• Ithacus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Same along with other 22 wooers.^[2] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[3]

Notes

1. [Homer]
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.