Ithaca Collection (page 3)

GREECE, Ionian Islands, ITHAKI (Ithaca), Vathy: Ithakis Main Town, Overview

GREECE: ITHACA, 1832. View of the Greek island of Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea. Steel engraving, English, 1832, by Edward Finden after Clarkson Stanfield

HOMER: THE ODYSSEY. Odysseus taking leave of his wife Penelope and her father Icarius before departing for Ithaca. Line engraving, 1805, after the drawing by John Flaxman

Minerva on Ithaka
Minerva steps down on the Isle of Ithaca

Ithaca

Ithaca, Greece
An aerial view of the Island of Ithaca, Greece Date: circa 1910

Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist
Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), German archaeologist and discoverer of the ruins of the legendary city of Troy. After finishing his formal education at 14

Vathy harbour, Ithaca, Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Odysseus Laid Out
Having pleaded with King Alicinous of Phaeacia to return home, the Phaeacian men lay Odysseus (Ulysses) down on the coast of Ithaca

Penelopes Suitors
At Ithaca, in the absence of Odysseus (Ulysses), Penelopes bored Suitors get drunk, while a minstrel plays his lyre to them. Telemachus, Odysseus son, watches with disapproval

Poli Bay, Vathy, Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

View from road near Lefki, Ithaka, (Kefalonia in distance), Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Fish farm for sea bass and sea bream near Vathy (Vathi), Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Vathy (Vathi), Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Near Vathy (Vathi), Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Katharon Monastery, Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

900 year old Anogi Church with 500 year old frescoes, Anogi, Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Fishing boats, Poli Bay, Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Poli Bay, Ithaka, Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Kioni bay, Ithaca, Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Greece / Ithaca 19th C
Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea

Greece / Ithaca 1866
Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea. View of the Vathy harbour

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