Mytilene (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Mytilene (Ancient Greek: Μυτιλήνη) may refer to one of the following figures, all of whom are counted among possible eponyms of the city Mytilene:

• Mytilene, sister of the Amazon Myrina. She took part in her sister's campaign and had the city named after her.^[1]
• Mytilene, a princess as a daughter of King Macareus of Lesbos or of the Pisatian king Pelops. She was the mother of Myton by Poseidon.^[2] As daughter of Macareus, Mytilene was the sister of Agamede, Antissa, Arisbe, Issa^[3] and ^[4] all are eponyms also of the cities at Lesbos. Her brothers were , , Leucippus^[5] and .^[6]

Other mythical eponyms of Mytilene include the aforementioned Myton and an inhabitant of the city named Mytilus.^[2]

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• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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