Alalcomenae (Ithaca)

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Alalcomenae or Alalkomenai (Ἄ), or Alcomenae or Alkomenai (Ἀ), 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.