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]

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^ Plutarch, Quaest. Graec. 43; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 10.2.16. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ 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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[1] Plutarch, Quaest. Graec. 43; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 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. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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