Mytilene (mythology)
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In Greek mythology
, the name Mytilene may refer to one of the following figures, all of whom are counted among possible eponyms of the city Mytilene
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Other mythical eponyms of Mytilene include the aforementioned Myton and an inhabitant of the city named Mytilus.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
, the name Mytilene may refer to one of the following figures, all of whom are counted among possible eponyms of the city Mytilene
Mytilene
Mytilene is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is built on the...
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- Mytilene, sister of the AmazonAmazonsThe Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...
MyrinaMyrina (mythology)In Greek mythology, the name Myrina or Myrine may refer to the following individuals:* Myrina, a queen of the Amazons. According to Diodorus Siculus, she led a military expedition in Libya and won a victory over the people known as the Atlantians, but was less successful fighting the Gorgons In...
. She took part in her sister's campaign and had the city named after her.
- Mytilene, daughter of MacareusMacareus (son of Helios)In Greek mythology, Macareus was one of the Heliadae, sons of Helios and Rhodos. Macareus and his brothers, Triopas, Actis and Candalus, were jealous of a fifth brother, Tenages's, skill at science, so they killed him and had to escape from Rhodes upon discovery of their crime...
or PelopsPelopsIn Greek mythology, Pelops , was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus. He was the founder of the House of Atreus through his son of that name....
, mother of Myton by PoseidonPoseidonPoseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of the earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon...
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Other mythical eponyms of Mytilene include the aforementioned Myton and an inhabitant of the city named Mytilus.