Mytilene (/ˌmɪtɪˈliːni/; Greek: Μυτιλήνη, romanized: Mytilíni [mitiˈlini] ) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the...
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Lesbos (redirect from Sanjak of Mytilene)
largest city, Mytilene (Μυτιλήνη), whose name is also used for the island as a whole. Lesbos is a separate regional unit with the seat in Mytilene, which is...
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name Mytilene (Ancient Greek: Μυτιλήνη) may refer to one of the following figures, all of whom are counted among possible eponyms of the city Mytilene: Mytilene...
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(Greek: Άγαλμα της Ελευθερίας) is a bronze statue erected at the harbor of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos in Greece. The statue was created by Greek sculptor...
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Battle of Mytilene may refer to: Battle of Mytilene (406 BC), fought between Athens and Sparta Battle of Mytilene (427 BC), fought between Mytilene and Athens...
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The Castle of Mytilene, also Fortress of Mytilene, is located in Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, North Aegean. It is maintained in good condition...
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The siege of Mytilene was a military investment of the city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos in 81 BC. Mytilene, the capital city of the island of...
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general and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Pittacus was a native of Mytilene and son of Hyrradius. He became a Mytilenaean general who, with his army...
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Chares of Mytilene (Ancient Greek: Χάρης ὁ Μυτιληναῖος) was a Greek belonging to the court of Alexander the Great. He was appointed court-marshal or introducer...
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Mytilene International Airport "Odysseas Elytis" (IATA: MJT, ICAO: LGMT) is the international airport of Mytilene, the capital of the Greek island Lesbos...
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Mytilenean revolt (redirect from Battle of Mytilene (427 BC))
Mytilenean revolt was an incident in the Peloponnesian War in which the city of Mytilene attempted to unify the island of Lesbos under its control and revolt from...
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Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene is an 1864 watercolour painting on paper by Simeon Solomon. The painting measures 33 cm × 38.1 cm (13.0 in × 15...
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Coes was a Greek military commander of Mytilene. He supported King Darius Hystaspes of Persia in his Scythian expedition (c. 513 BC) as commander of the...
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Theophanes of Mytilene (Greek: Θεοφάνης ὁ Μυτιληναῖος) was an intellectual and historian from the town of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos who lived in...
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Aristotle of Mytilene (or Aristoteles, Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης ὁ Μυτιληναῖος; fl. 2nd century) was a distinguished Peripatetic philosopher in the time of Galen...
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Siege of Mytilene can refer to one of the following sieges of the town of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos: Siege of Mytilene by the Athenians...
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Christophoros of Mytilene (Greek: Χριστόφορος Μυτιληναῖος, romanized: Christophoros Mytilenaios; ca. 1000 – after 1050) was a Greek-language poet living...
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Alcaeus (redirect from Alcaeus of mytilene)
Alcaeus of Mytilene (/ælˈsiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Alkaios ho Mutilēnaios; c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC) was a lyric poet from the Greek...
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and Mytilene, daughter of King Macareus of Lesbos or of Pelops, king of Pisa in Elis. He was also considered as the eponym of the city Mytilene. Stephanus...
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The Archaeological Museum of Mytilene is a museum in Lesbos in Greece. Initially the museum was housed in a building erected by the American Classic Studies...
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Potamon (Greek: Ποτάμων ὁ Μυτιληναῖος; around 65 BC–around AD 25)) of Mytilene in Lesbos, son of Lesbonax the rhetorician, was himself a rhetorician in...
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Hellanicus of Lesbos (redirect from Hellanikos of Mytilene)
Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Λέσβιος, Hellánikos ho Lésbios), also called Hellanicus of Mytilene (Greek: Ἑλλάνικος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, Hellánikos ho Mutilēnaῖos; 490 BC – c...
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Mytilene Municipal Stadium (Greek: Δημοτικό Στάδιο Μυτιλήνης) is a multi-use stadium in Mytilene, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches...
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Ottoman conquest of Lesbos (redirect from Siege of Mytilene (1462))
Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Mehmed II, laid siege to the island's capital, Mytilene. After its surrender, the other forts of the island surrendered as well...
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319,991 €4 7 Ionian Islands Corfu 2,307 891 204,532 €3 8 North Aegean Mytilene 3,836 1,481 194,943 €2 9 Peloponnese Tripoli 15,490 5,981 539,535 €8 10...
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Amazons (redirect from Mytilene (Amazon))
commanded the Amazons in a military expedition in Libya, as well as her sister Mytilene, after whom she named the city of the same name. Myrina also named three...
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The Battle of Mytilene was a naval battle that occurred on 8 September 1690 at Mytilene between a Venetian fleet under Daniele Dolfin and a combined Muslim...
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Church of Saint Symeon in Mytilene (Greek: Άγιος Συμεών Μυτιλήνης) is a church on the island of Lesvos in the city of Mytilene close to the old market....
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Dionysius Scytobrachion (redirect from Dionysius of Mytilene)
Σκυτοβραχίων) (Scytobrachion meaning 'leather arm'), also known as Dionysius of Mytilene (the capital of Lesbos), was the author of a series of stories set in the...
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Crinagoras of Mytilene, sometimes spelt as Krinagorasis or Krinagoras (name in Greek: Κριναγόρας ὁ Μυτιληναῖος, 70 BC–18) was a Greek epigrammatist and...
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