Alalcomenae (Ithaca)

Alalcomenae or Alalkomenai (Ancient Greek: Ἀλαλκομ́εναι), or Alcomenae or Alkomenai (Ἀλκομεναί), was a town in Ithaca, or in the small island Asteris in the neighbourhood of Ithaca. According to Istros the Callimachean, Anticlea gave birth to Odysseus near Alalcomenae in Boeotia; consequently, Odysseus named an Ithacan town Alalcomenae in commemoration of his birthplace. Its site is located at the palaiokastro on modern Aëtos.

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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