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Definition of Lemnos
1. Noun. A Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties.
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic, Aegean, Aegean Sea
Generic synonyms: Island
Definition of Lemnos
1. Proper noun. Island in northeastern Greece located in the Aegean Sea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemnos
Literary usage of Lemnos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"We landed on the eaft/ide of lemnos, at a bay well flickered every way, ...
This ifland is called lemnos by the Greeks, and by the Italian mariners ..."
2. Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, the by John Murray (Firm) (1854)
"The subsequent history of the island presents little that is worthy of record.
lemnos, according to Pliny (Hist. Nat., xxxvi. 13), had a famous labyrinth, ..."
3. Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study by Nicholas F. Jones (1987)
"§4 lemnos Seized by Miltiades in all likelihood at ... time of the Ionian Revolt,
lemnos, although clearly a possession of Athens, is at first of uncertain ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Myrina), stands on the W. coast, and is the residence of a Greek bishop and of
the Turkish governor. According to Pliny, lemnos once contained a labyrinth ..."
5. Lives of Greek statesmen by George William Cox (1885)
"But there is another story which is supposed to explain lemnos by the enmity of
... The island of lemnos, we are told, had been made subject to the Persian ..."
6. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"This flotilla, escorted by two line-of-battle ships, landed the troops on the
east side of lemnos on the 9th of October, and stormed the Russian camp sword ..."
7. Travels in Various Countries of the East: Being a Continuation of Memoirs by Robert Walpole (1820)
"[The islands of Samothrace and lemnos are contiguous to Imbros : the former has
been seldom visited: of lemnos, some account is introduced in this place, ..."
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