place
Lesbos
also: Lesbian
Aegean island raided by the Greeks; the captive women offered to Achilles are 'women of Lesbos.'
Reading notes
- The Heroides §3 women of Lesbos
Captive women from the Aegean island of Lesbos, offered to Achilles among Agamemnon's gifts.
- The Heroides §15 the Lesbian throng
The women of Lesbos whom Sappho once loved and celebrated.
- The Heroides §15 Lesbos
Sappho's island home, which she now scorns since Phaon has left it for Sicily.
- The Festivals §4.4 Lesbos
The great Aegean island left behind on the voyage.
- Metamorphoses §11.320 Methymnaean Lesbos
The Aegean island of Lesbos (Methymna is one of its cities), where Orpheus's head comes ashore; later famed as the home of lyric song.
- Metamorphoses §13.392 Lesbos
Aegean island taken by Achilles.