Mytilene

[ mit-l-ee-nee; Greek mee-tee-lee-nee ]

/ ˌmɪt lˈi ni; Greek ˌmi tiˈli ni /

Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).

Also called Kastro. the capital of this island.

Example sentences from the Web for mytilene

Let all things smile on Ageanax to Mytilene sailing, and may he come to a friendly haven.

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus |Theocritus
Thus Mytilene escaped destruction by a hair's-breadth, and Athens was saved from committing a great crime.

Stories from Thucydides |H. L. Havell
The portrait of Sappho is preserved on coins of Mytilene, which present a face exquisite in contour.

Greek Women |Mitchell Carroll
After great exertions the ship bearing the reprieve arrived just in time to save Mytilene.

Authors of Greece |T. W. Lumb

In the course of our vagaries we stumbled on the pretty island of Mytilene, in the very piping hours of summer.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 |Various

Mytilene

/ (ˌmɪtɪˈliːnɪ) /

a port on the Greek island of Lesbos: Roman remains; Byzantine fortress. Pop: (municipality): 37 881 (2001) Modern Greek name: Mitilíni

a former name for Lesbos