{"id":7620,"count":4,"description":"Ithaca or Ithaka (Greek: \u0399\u03b8\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7, Ithak\u0113) is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 45 square miles (120\u00a0km) and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. It is also a separate peripheral unit of the Ionian Islands Periphery, and the only municipality of the peripheral unit. It lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west and within sight of continental Greece. The municipality of Ithaca includes some islets as well. The capital, Vathy or Ithaki, has one of the world's largest natural harbours. Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is one of the elements of the Odyssey's plot.\nThe fact that classical Greek authors often used eponymous explanations to explain away names through folk etymology makes it more likely that Ithakos derives from Ithaca rather than vice versa.\nThe name Ithaca has remained unchanged since ancient times, but it has been noticed that in written...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/ithaca\/","name":"Ithaca","slug":"ithaca","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/7620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=7620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}