Definitions
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- proper n. Another name for Lesbos.
- proper n. The capital of Lesbos.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
Etymologies
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Examples
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In hours that were eternal, they rounded the head and were in Mytilene harbor … and saw the other trireme, Cleon’s best, still off loading.
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The usage of the word 'lesbian' to refer to gay women originated from the ancient Greek poetess Sappho, who lived on the island of Lesbos (also called Mytilene) in 6th century BC.
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From there, they they made their way to the coast opposite the Greek island of Mytilene.
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Memnon had taken the fleet north from Cos after his defeat at Halicarnassus and seized the island of Chios, then sailed to Lesbos, which he captured except for the chief town of Mytilene.
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He continued the war and took Mytilene, then captured the small but crucial island of Tenedos at the mouth of the Hellespont.
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While he was besieging the town of Mytilene on Lesbos, Memnon suddenly fell ill and died.
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“Athenians!” he announced, “I need your best time and effort to overtake the trireme that left yesterday for Mytilene!”
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Paches had their husbands killed on Mytilene and took them for himself.
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“The Assembly wants all the males of Mytilene dead.”
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People waited in line for a bank to open in Mytilene, Greece.
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