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Land famous for its lyric poets
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lesbos
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Lesbos (, ; , ), sometimes referred to as Mytilini after its capital , is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea . It has an area of with of coastline , making it the third largest island in Greece . It is separated from Turkey by the narrow ...
Usage examples of lesbos.
And that had been the start of almost a year living in the same quarters as Bibulus while Rome in the person of Lucullus showed the city of Mitylene in Lesbos that it could not defy its suzerain.
He wrested from the Franks several of the noblest islands of the Archipelago, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes: his brother Constantine was sent to command in Malvasia and Sparta.
But learning that he was at Chios, and expecting that he would stay there, he posted scouts in Lesbos and on the continent opposite to prevent the fleet moving without his knowing it, and himself coasted along to Methymna, and gave orders to prepare meal and other necessaries, in order to attack them from Lesbos in the event of their remaining for any length of time at Chios.