Wondering how to use Mytilene in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as lesbos or lesvos.
Mytilene in a sentence
Mytilene meaning
- Lesbos.
- The capital of Lesbos.
Using Mytilene
- The main meaning on this page is: Lesbos. | The capital of Lesbos.
- Useful related words include: lesbos, lesvos, aegean island.
- In the example corpus, mytilene often appears in combinations such as: of mytilene.
Context around Mytilene
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mytilene
- In this selection, "mytilene" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, town, capital and fought stand out and add context to how "mytilene" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 600 bc mytilene fought athens and also called mytilene in greece. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mytilene" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mytilene
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The survivors were taken to Lesvos’ main port of Mytilene, where two people were transferred to a local hospital. (19 words)
Police have set up roadblocks preventing refugees from leaving the area to go towards the main town, Mytilene, and the port. (21 words)
Sometime before 600 BC, Mytilene fought Athens for control of Sigeion and Alcaeus was old enough to participate in the fighting. (21 words)
In the Aegean, the Venetians tried to take Lesbos in the spring of 1464, and besieged the capital Mytilene for six weeks, until the arrival of an Ottoman fleet under Mahmud Pasha on 18 May forced them to withdraw. (39 words)
He left Moria, found a job as a house worker and then as a seamster, rented a house in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, where he has chosen to stay, his asylum application accepted. (34 words)
An attempt by natives of Lesbos (also called "Mytilene" in Greece) in 2008 to reclaim the word to refer only to people from the island was unsuccessful in a Greek court. (31 words)
Example sentences (7)
The survivors were taken to Lesvos’ main port of Mytilene, where two people were transferred to a local hospital.
Police have set up roadblocks preventing refugees from leaving the area to go towards the main town, Mytilene, and the port.
He left Moria, found a job as a house worker and then as a seamster, rented a house in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, where he has chosen to stay, his asylum application accepted.
According to Athenaeus, Sappho often praised Larichus for pouring wine in the town hall of Mytilene, an office held by boys of the best families.
An attempt by natives of Lesbos (also called "Mytilene" in Greece) in 2008 to reclaim the word to refer only to people from the island was unsuccessful in a Greek court.
In the Aegean, the Venetians tried to take Lesbos in the spring of 1464, and besieged the capital Mytilene for six weeks, until the arrival of an Ottoman fleet under Mahmud Pasha on 18 May forced them to withdraw.
Sometime before 600 BC, Mytilene fought Athens for control of Sigeion and Alcaeus was old enough to participate in the fighting.
Common combinations with mytilene
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of mytilene 2×