I'thacus
(
*)/Iqakos), a son of Pterelaus, a hero from whom Ithaca was believed to have derived its name. (
Hom. Od. 17.207; Eustath.
ad Hom. pp. 307, 1815; Hesych.
s. v.) Odysseus, king of Ithaca, is sometimes simply called Ithacus, or the Ithacan. (Ov.
Ep. ex Pont. 1.3, 33;
Verg. A. 2.104.)
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