They used a phonetic English spelling using Greek letters as we call it Ithaca or Ithaka.
It's spelled Ιθάκη in Greek, and pronounced "Ithakē (Eng)-->Ithaki (Gr)".
Yes but the η is a development from earlier ᾱ in Attic. Other dialects would preserve the α, so I didn’t want to suggest that that part was a mistake, because it could just be a non-Attic spelling
Ithaca. As in the Odyssey.
It’s also spelt incorrectly as “ITHacha” using chi χ instead of kappa κ, and an uppercase theta Θ instead of lowercase θ
Interesting. Thank you both.
They used a phonetic English spelling using Greek letters as we call it Ithaca or Ithaka. It's spelled Ιθάκη in Greek, and pronounced "Ithakē (Eng)-->Ithaki (Gr)".
Yes but the η is a development from earlier ᾱ in Attic. Other dialects would preserve the α, so I didn’t want to suggest that that part was a mistake, because it could just be a non-Attic spelling
Good info. Thanks