Contents:

          Preface

          Introduction

          1. Ancient Ithaca

          2. The meaning of the most frequent epithets, attributes and designations of Ithaca in the Odyssey

          3. Natural characteristics of ancient Ithaca

          4. Did Homer have knowledge of orientation?

          5. How Homer determined the position of Ithaca in the Odyssey

          6. Homers's concept about the places of arrival in Ithaca of Telemachus and Odysseus

          7. The sea voyage of Telemachus

          8. The Harbour of Phorcys

          9. Raven's Rock near the spring of Arethusa

          10. The Hamlet of Laertes

          11. The artificially-raised spring made by Ithacus, Neritus and Polyctor

          12. City of Ithaca

          13. How Odysseus's Ithaca and the island of Dulichium and Same lost their initial names

          14. In conclusion, Litherature, Index of names, Impressum