Lesbos

[ lez-bos, -bohs; Greek les-vaws ]

noun

1. Mytilene ( def 1 ).

Lesbos

/ ˈlɛzbɒs /

noun

1. an island in the E Aegean, off the NW coast of Turkey: a centre of lyric poetry, led by Alcaeus and Sappho (6th century bc ); annexed to Greece in 1913. Chief town: Mytilene. Pop: 90 642 (2001). Area: 1630 sq km (630 sq miles) Modern Greek nameLésvos Former nameMytilene

Example Sentences

Certain authors wander into far-away countries for their subjects: to Sodom and Lesbos.

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Theophrastus, of Lesbos, was a fullers son, and wrote a book on plants.

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Next we pass the ancient island of Lesbos, one of the most beautiful in the Ægean Sea.

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She also got possession of several islands; and among others, of Lesbos and Samothracia, in which last she founded an asylum.

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And when the Persians succeeded, it is not credible, that they should apply to an oracle at Lesbos, or to an oracle of Greece.

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