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    Iliad, Lesbos was part of the kingdom of Priam, which was based in Anatolia. In the Middle Ages, it was under Byzantine and then Genoese rule. Lesbos was...
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    is one of the two municipalities on the island of Lesbos, created in 2019; the other is West Lesbos. Mytilene is built on the southeast edge of the island...
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    Lesbos Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Λέσβου) was one of the prefectures of Greece. It comprised three main islands: Lesbos itself, Lemnos, and the smaller...
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  • finishing production on Vampyros Lesbos, Franco began working on his next film She Killed in Ecstasy (1971). Vampyros Lesbos was released in July 15, 1971...
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    Sappho (redirect from Sappho of Lesbos)
    poetry from Lesbos, which had evolved its own poetic diction, metres, and conventions. Prior to Sappho and her contemporary Alcaeus, Lesbos was associated...
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    Lesbos wine is wine made on the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea. The island has a long history of winemaking dating back to at least the 7th century...
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  • Sirens Of Lesbos is a four piece band and music label based in Switzerland. Sirens Of Lesbos was formed in 2014 by Melvyn Buss and Arci Friede who collaborated...
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    pp. 477-79. José J. Caerols, Helanico de Lesbos (1991), fragment 84. José J. Caerols, Helanico de Lesbos (1991), fragment 4. Fragments in Karl Wilhelm...
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    city on Lesbos known as Hiera. Scholars argue that the name is derived from the Greek goddess Hera, and there is evidence that the island of Lesbos followed...
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    Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of Lesbos (Greek: Ραφαήλ, Νικόλαος και Ειρήνη) are venerated as saints and neomartyrs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. According...
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    moved to Mytilene on Lesbos in 345/4, it is very likely that he did so at the urging of Theophrastus. It seems that it was on Lesbos that Aristotle and...
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    Eresos (redirect from Eresus (Lesbos))
    and the other cities of Lesbos. In the first half of the 2nd century BCE, Eresos also drew closer to the other cities of Lesbos under the aegis of the...
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    Lesbian (redirect from Lesbo)
    times after twice mentioning the island of Lesbos, and so could be construed to mean 'from the island of Lesbos'. In 1875, George Saintsbury, in writing...
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    Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 August 2023. "Rejser til Lesbos". 1 May 2024. "Braathens Billund - Lesbos". 1 May 2024. "Brussels Airlines adds eight new destinations...
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    a non-governmental organization to help refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos. Along with human rights activist Seán Binder, she was arrested in 2018...
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    2022. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petrified forest of Lesbos. The Lesbos Petrified Forest - European and Global Geopark The Natural History...
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  • Methymna (eponym of Methymna, a city at Lesbos); alternately, Methymna married Lepetymnus, eponym of a mountain on Lesbos, and had by him two sons, Hicetaon...
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    municipal unit of Plomari, Lesbos Island, Greece. It is located just two kilometers outside the town of Plomari, South Lesbos. It has a pebbled beach which...
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  • This is a list of settlements in the island of Lesbos in Greece: Afalonas Agia Marina Agia Paraskevi Agiasos Agra Akrasi Alyfanta Ampeliko Anemotia Antissa...
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    Niccolò Gattilusio (died 1462) was the sixth and last Gattilusio lord of Lesbos, from 1458 to 1462. He was a younger son of Dorino I Gattilusio and Orietta...
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    West Lesbos (Greek: Δυτική Λέσβος, romanized: Dytiki Lesvos), sometimes also referred to as West Lesvos, is a municipality on the island of Lesbos in the...
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    Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos (765/66–844) was a monk who survived two attempts on his life during the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm (814–842)...
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    Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Until the Kallikratis reform, the region consisted of the three prefectures of Samos, Chios and Lesbos. Since 1 January 2011...
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  • Theoktiste of Lesbos (Greek: Θεοκτίστη τῆς Λέσβου) is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. According to her hagiography, she...
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    Messon (Ancient Greek: Μέσσον) was a town of ancient Lesbos, containing a noted temple. The archaeological site is open to the public. The site of Messon...
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    mainland by the 60 m-wide Euripus Strait, is the second largest, followed by Lesbos and Rhodes. The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following...
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  • Malea (Ancient Greek: Μαλέα) was a town of ancient Lesbos. The site of Malea is located near modern Akhlia. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas...
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    island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform, it is a municipal unit of the municipality of West Lesbos. Petra is in...
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  • Thomais of Lesbos (born 909/913 - died 947/951), also Saint Thomais, was a Byzantine woman from Lesbos and saint. She is a rare example of a married laywoman...
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  • Lesbos in Love is a Chilean musical duo formed in Santiago by Jazmin Avendaño and Tonko Yutronic. Lesbos in Love formed in 2000 in Santiago, Chile as a...
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