Alalcomenae (Ithaca)

Alalcomenae or Alalkomenai (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαλκομ́εναι), or Alcomenae or Alkomenai (Ἀλκομεναί), was a town in Ithaca,[1] or in the small island Asteris in the neighbourhood of Ithaca.[2]

Its site is located at the palaiokastro on modern Aëtos.[3][4]

References
  1. Plutarch, Quaest. Graec. 43; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. 10.2.16. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Alalcomenae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.



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