Definitions for Mytilene

Mytilene Myt·i·le·ne

Spelling: [mit-l-ee-nee; Greek mee-tee-lee-nee]
IPA: /ˌmɪt lˈi ni; Greek ˌmi tiˈli ni/

Mytilene is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in Mytilene (eeilmnty).

Definitions for Mytilene

noun

  1. Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).
  2. Also called Kastro. the capital of this island.

Examples for Mytilene

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

During the Byzantine age the island, which now assumes the name of Mytilene, continued to flourish.

He distinguished himself at the storming of Mytilene, and afterwards served in Cilicia.

The portrait of Sappho is preserved on coins of Mytilene, which present a face exquisite in contour.

From here it is two days' journey to the island of Mytilene, and there are Jewish congregations in ten localities on the island.

The chief town, called Mytilene, is built in amphitheatre shape round a small hill crowned by remains of an ancient fortress.

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

In Lesbos near Mytilene there was a great estate of a great noble.

Methymna in the 5th and 4th centuries sometimes figures as a rival of Mytilene, with an independent policy.

Since the middle ages it has been known as Mytilene, from the name of its principal town.

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