In the old Greek stories, Ithaca is the home island of Odysseus, the man who takes years to sail back after the war at Troy. It is a small, rocky island in the Ionian Sea, off the west side of Greece — though actually some tidy school lines say “east,” and that does not match the map.

In the old Greek stories在古希臘故事裡，Ithaca is伊薩卡是 the home island of Odysseus奧德修斯的故鄉島，the man who takes years to sail back after the war at Troy那個在特洛伊戰爭後花了好幾年才航行回家的人。It它 is是 a small, rocky island一個又小又多岩石的島 in the Ionian Sea在愛奧尼亞海，off the west side of Greece位在希臘西側外海——though actually不過其實 some tidy school lines say "east,"有些課本簡化的說法寫「東側」 and that does not match the map但那跟地圖對不上。

The point of the story is not size. Ithaca is the place he belongs to, the house and the people he is trying to reach.

The point of the story這故事的重點 is not size不在於大小。Ithaca伊薩卡 is是 the place he belongs to他所屬的地方，the house and the people he is trying to reach他想抵達的那間房子和那些人。

Later writers sometimes use Ithaca as a picture of “the home you long for,” but that is a borrowed, bookish stretch.

Later writers後來的作家 sometimes use Ithaca有時候會用伊薩卡 as a picture of "the home you long for,"來象徵「你渴望的家」 but that is a borrowed, bookish stretch但那是借用、偏書面的引申說法。

There is also a city called Ithaca in New York; that place was named after the island, and it is not the one in the Greek poems.

There is also還有 a city called Ithaca in New York紐約有一個叫伊薩卡的城市；that place was named after the island那地方是以這座島命名的，and it is not the one in the Greek poems不是希臘史詩裡的那一個。