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Mitylene (island)

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The island of Lesbos in the north Aegean Sea.

Names

  • Greek: Λέσβος, Λέσβου, Λέσβον = Lesbos, Lesbou, Lesbon 1
  • Hebrew: מיטלי = MYṬLY 2

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Lesbos: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.55; 5.61; 6.31; 10.2-5, 7-12, 14-15, 45 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Mytilene: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 25 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Mitylene” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/92.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Evan Willford: place categorization; abstract; Syriac Gazetter matching; and Wikipedia matching and GPS coordinates
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
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