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616 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (eds. Marian Holland McAllister, Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald) alphabetic letter I
   F. Schuchardt, Schliemanns Ausgrabungen (1891) 359ff; W. Vollgraff, “Fouilles d'Ithaque,” BCH 29 (1905) 153ffPI; W. Dörpfeld, Alt Ithaca (1927)MI; V. Bérard, Ithaque et la Grèce des Achéeens (1927); W. A. Heurtley, “Excavations in Ithaca, IV,” BSA 40 (1939-40) 1ff; M. Robertson, “Excavations in Ithaca, V,” BSA 43 (1948) 1ffPI; id., BSA 50 (1955) 37PI; H. Waterhouse, “Excavations at Stavros, Ithaca, in 1937,” BSA 47 (1952) 227ff; S. Benton, “Further Excavations at Aetos,” BSA 48 (1953) 255ffPI; D. Levi, EAA 4 (1961) 249-50; A. Wace-F. Stubbings, A Companion to Homer (1962) 398-421M. (21.51)

2. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *b, entry boulh/
   Ithaca); (20.21)

3. Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) alphabetic letter N
   A mountain in Ithaca, and also a small rocky island near Ithaca ( Odyss. (19.54)

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7 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Ulysses
   Ulysses, the famous king of Ithaca: . (8.36)

2. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Moth
   Figuratively, an idle eater, a parasite: all the yarn she (Penelope) spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of --s, . (6.45)

3. William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 3, commline 88
   Athica] Ithaca F3F4. (5.66)

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2 from The Tragedie of Coriolanus

1. William Shakespeare, Apparatus Criticus: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 3, commline 88
   Athica] Ithaca F3F4. (5.24)

2. William Shakespeare, Critical Commentary: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 3, commline 89
   Ed.] —Miss C. Porter (First Folio Sh.): The suitors who ate up Ithaca during their long visit appear under this whimsical image of the moths attracted by Penelope's yarn. (1.86)

3 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter D, entry 7765
   painter; native of Ireland; came to London, 1813; A.R.A., 1825; left England owing to domestic troubles, and lived near the Lake of Geneva, 1829-41; excelled as a painter of ideal and poetic landscapes, among which may be mentioned ‘Sunset at Sea after a Storm,’ 1824, and ‘The Departure of Ulysses from Ithaca,’ 1854. [xiv. (3.64)

2. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter G, entry 11572
   archæologist and traveller; fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; his ‘Topography of Troy,’ 1804, made in three days, alluded to by Byron's epithet ‘rapid Gell’ (originally ‘classic’); knighted after mission to Ionian islands, 1803; travelled in Greece with Edward Dodwell [q. v.] and published ‘Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca,’ 1807, and ‘Itinerary of Greece,’ 1810; published ‘Itinerary of the Morea’ (1817) and ‘Journey in the Morea’ (1823); gave evidence (1820) in favour of Queen Caroline, whose chamberlain he had been; after 1820 lived in Italy; published ‘Pompeiana,’ 1817-19, and ‘Topography of Rome,’ 1834; his original drawings preserved in the British Museum. [xxi. (3.55)

3. Walter Thornbury, A Narrative of its History, its People and its Places. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the Most Authentic Sources.: Old and New London: Volume 4 chapter 13, page 155
   It was, no doubt, the interest excited by the early meetings of the Dilettanti Society which first woke up the Earl of Aberdeen, or, to give him Lord Byron's title- The travell'd Thane, Athenian Aberdeen, to write and publish his Enquiry as to the Principles of Beauty in Grecian Architecture; Sir William Gell to explain the Troad, Argolis, and Ithaca; whilst the Earl of Elgin, our ambassador at Constantinople, rescued from destruction and sent over to England that collection of Athenian sculpture which is known to every visitor to the British Museum as the Elgin Marbles. (1.00)

8 from American Memory: California

1. Up and down California in 1860-1864; the journal of William H. Brewer ... edited by Francis P. Farquhar ... with a preface by Russell H. Chittenden page 404
   It is a stream larger than Fall Creek at Ithaca, and falls clear at one leap over eight hundred feet! (4.60)

2. Up and down California in 1860-1864; the journal of William H. Brewer ... edited by Francis P. Farquhar ... with a preface by Russell H. Chittenden page 569
   Monday I ran about the city, delivered some packages, saw some men on business, and left for home that night, arriving at Ithaca the next morning at eight o'clock. (3.20)

3. A picture of pioneer times in California, illustrated with anecdotes and stories taken from real life. By William Grey [pseudonym] page 74
   There was William J. Shaw, a young lawyer from Ithaca, New York, a very agreeable young man, afterwards well known as State Senator from San Francisco. (3.12)

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73 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. A tour from the city of New-York to Detroit, in the Michigan territory, made between the 2nd of May and the 22nd of September, 1818 page lxiii
   Ithaca, village of, 216 note. (8.36)

2. Michigan biographies, including Members of Congress, elective state officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education page 79
   In the spring of 1886 he was elected President of the village at St. Louis and in the fall of the same year was elected Register of Deeds of Gratiot County, which position he held four years; and then engaged in real estate and abstract business in Ithaca; also held the offices of Supervisor and Village Assessor. (6.79)

3. Michigan state gazetteer and business directory for 1863/1864, embracing historical and descriptive sketches of all the cities, towns and villages throughout the state page 522
   Comstock William W., Ithaca (6.28)

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2 from Tufts University History

1. Department of Athletics, Athletics Rosters section 78
   Ithaca (9.52)

2. Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History (ed. Anne Sauer)
   Born in Ithaca, New York, on October 14, 1903, Dorothea Johannsen received her primary education at Ithaca High School before enrolling at Cornell. (4.57)

2 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 331222
   Ithaca, Stavros (6.45)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 3020
   Ithaca (NY), Museum (6.45)