Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 193. Not illustrated. Chapters: Ithaca, Chavriata, Argostoli, Agios Dimitrios, Kefalonia, Poros, Kefalonia, Pylaros, Lixouri, Fiskardo, List of Settlements in the Kefalonia and Ithaka Prefecture, Kateleios, Paliki, Skala, Kefalonia, Peratata, Mantzavinata, Valerianos, Travliata, Xenopoulo, Tzanata, Mavrata, Chionata, Kerameies, Metaxata, Sarlata, Arginia, Demoutsanata, Moussata, Antipata, Pylaros, Mitakata, Eleios-Pronnoi, Vlachata Ikossimias, Simotata, Davgata, Troianata, Agios Nikolaos, Kefalonia, Michata, Farsa, Greece, Epanochori, Kefalonia, Dilinata, Faraklata, Markopoulo, Kefalonia, Valsamata, Pastra, Agia Eirini, Kefalonia, Makriotika, Sami, Greece, Omala, Greece, Leivathos, Agia Effimia, Divarata, Vlichata, Erisos, Trapezaki, Assos, Kefalonia. Excerpt: Ithaca or Ithaka (Greek: , Ithak) is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 45 square miles and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. It is an independent municipality of the Kefallinia Prefecture, and lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia. The municipality of Ithaca includes some smaller islands as well. The capital, Ithaki (Vathy), has one of the world's largest natural harbours. Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is the subject of the Odyssey. Ithaca is the middle island in this image. The larger Kefalonia lies immediately to its west. The small island in the top-right is uninhabited Atokos. (NASA World Wind satellite picture) The fact that classical Greek authors often used eponymous explanations to explain away names through folk etymology makes it more likely that Ithakos derives from Ithaca rather than vice versa. The name Ithaca has remained unchanged since ancient times, but it has been noticed that in written documents of different periods, it ha...