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, daughter of Macareus or Pelops, mother of Myton by Poseidon.[2]

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

References
  1. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 8. 55. 7
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Mytilēnē
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