Alalkomenai (Ithaca)
Alalkomenai ( Greek Ἀλαλκομεναί ) was an ancient city on the island of Ithaca .
After depicting Istros , a pupil of Callimachus , Plutarch reports on the myth that led to the name of the city. Antikleia had given birth to her son Odysseus near the sanctuary of Athena Alalkomeneis in the Boiotic town of Alalkomenai , whereupon the father Laertes named the town after the Boiotic town. Strabon locates the city on the small island of Asteria , referring to Apollodorus . However, since the island is too small for a city, Strabon's localization is probably based on a misunderstanding.
In the Lexicon of Stephanos of Byzantium , Alalkomenai is led under the form of the name Alkomenai (Greek Ἀλκομεναί ).
literature
- Gustav Hirschfeld : Alalkomenai 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1275 f.
- William Smith: Alalcomenae . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.