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Historical Lemnos

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-'''Lemnos''' (mod. '''Limnos''' Greek: &#923;&#942;&#956;&#957;&#959;&#962;), an island in the northern part of the [[Aegean Sea]]. The island, part of the [[prefecture]] of [[Lesvos]], is of considerable size: the area has been estimated at [[1 E8 m²|476 km²]] (150 sq.mi). A great part is mountainous, but some very fertile valleys exist. The hillsides afford pasture for sheep. A few mulberry and fruit trees grow, but no olives. The chief towns are [[Myrina, Greece|Myrina]] on the western coast, and [[Moudros]] on the southern coast. Myrina (aka Kastro) possesses an excellent harbour, and is the seat of all the trade carried on with the island.
+'''Lemnos''' (mod. '''Limnos''' Greek: &#923;&#942;&#956;&#957;&#959;&#962;), an island in the northern part of the [[Aegean Sea]]. The island, part of the [[prefecture]] of [[Lesvos]], is of considerable size: the area has been estimated at 476 km² (150 sq.mi). A great part is mountainous, but some very fertile valleys exist. The hillsides afford pasture for sheep. A few mulberry and fruit trees grow, but no olives. The chief towns are [[Myrina]] on the western coast, and [[Moudros]] on the southern coast. Myrina (aka Kastro) possesses an excellent harbour, and is the seat of all the trade carried on with the island.
 == Mythic Limnos ==
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 A trace of the pre-Greek language, Limnian, is found on a 6th century inscription on a funerary stele, the '''[[Lemnos stele]]'''.
-Coming down to a better authenticated period, we find that Limnos was conquered by Otanes, one of the generals of Darius I of Persia but was soon ([[510 BC]]) reconquered by [[Miltiades]], the tyrant of the Thracian Chersonese. Miltiades afterwards returned to [[Athens]], and Lemnos continued an Athenian possession till the [[Macedon]]ian empire absorbed it. The Romans declared it free in [[197 BC]], but gave it over in [[166 BC|166]] to [[Athens]], which retained nominal possession of it till the whole of [[Greece]] was made a Roman province. After the division of the empire, Limnos passed under the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperors; it shared in the vicissitudes of the eastern provinces, being alternately in the power of [[Greeks]], Italians and Turks, till finally the Turkish sultans became supreme in the Aegean. In [[1476]] the Venetians and [[Greek Byzantines]] successfully defended Kotschinos against a Turkish siege; but in [[1657]] Kastro was captured by the Turks after a siege of sixty-three days. Kastro was again besieged by Russia in 1770.  In [[1912]], Limnos became part of [[Greece]] during the [[First Balkan War]].
+Coming down to a better authenticated period, we find that Limnos was conquered by Otanes, one of the generals of Darius I of Persia but was soon ([[510 BC]]) reconquered by [[Miltiades]], the tyrant of the Thracian Chersonese. Miltiades afterwards returned to [[Athens]], and Lemnos continued an Athenian possession till the [[Macedon]]ian empire absorbed it. The Romans declared it free in [[197 BC]], but gave it over in [[166 BC|166]] to [[Athens]], which retained nominal possession of it till the whole of [[Greece]] was made a Roman province. After the division of the empire, Limnos passed under the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperors; it shared in the vicissitudes of the eastern provinces, being alternately in the power of [[Greeks]], Italians and Turks, till finally the Turkish sultans became supreme in the Aegean. In [[1476]] the Venetians and Greek Byzantines successfully defended Kotschinos against a Turkish siege; but in [[1657]] Kastro was captured by the Turks after a siege of sixty-three days. Kastro was again besieged by Russia in 1770.  In [[1912]], Limnos became part of [[Greece]] during the [[First Balkan War]].
 ==Modern Limnos==

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-'''Limnos''' (mod. '''Limnos''' Greek: &#923;&#942;&#956;&#957;&#959;&#962;), an island in the northern part of the [[Aegean Sea]]. The island, part of the [[prefecture]] of [[Lesvos]], is of considerable size: the area has been estimated at [[1 E8 m²|476 km²]] (150 sq.mi). A great part is mountainous, but some very fertile valleys exist. The hillsides afford pasture for sheep. A few mulberry and fruit trees grow, but no olives. The chief towns are [[Myrina, Greece|Myrina]] on the western coast, and [[Moudros]] on the southern coast. Myrina (aka Kastro) possesses an excellent harbour, and is the seat of all the trade carried on with the island.
+'''Lemnos''' (mod. '''Limnos''' Greek: &#923;&#942;&#956;&#957;&#959;&#962;), an island in the northern part of the [[Aegean Sea]]. The island, part of the [[prefecture]] of [[Lesvos]], is of considerable size: the area has been estimated at [[1 E8 m²|476 km²]] (150 sq.mi). A great part is mountainous, but some very fertile valleys exist. The hillsides afford pasture for sheep. A few mulberry and fruit trees grow, but no olives. The chief towns are [[Myrina, Greece|Myrina]] on the western coast, and [[Moudros]] on the southern coast. Myrina (aka Kastro) possesses an excellent harbour, and is the seat of all the trade carried on with the island.
 == Mythic Limnos ==

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 ==Communities==
-*[[Agios Dimitrios (Limnos)|Agios Dimitrios]]
+*[[Agios Dimitrios (Lemnos)|Agios Dimitrios]]
 *[[Agios Efstratios]]
 *[[Angariones]]
 *[[Atsiki]]
-*[[Dafni (Limnos)|Dafni]]
+*[[Dafni (Lemnos)|Dafni]]
 *[[Fyssini]]
 *[[Kalliopi]]
-*[[Kallithea (Limnos) |Kallithea]]
+*[[Kallithea (Lemnos) |Kallithea]]
-*[[Kaminia (Limnos)|Kaminia]]
+*[[Kaminia (Lemnos)|Kaminia]]
 *[[Karpassi]]
 *[[Kaspakes]]
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 *[[Kornos]]
-*[[Livadochori (Limnos) |Livadochori]]
+*[[Livadochori (Lemnos) |Livadochori]]
 *[[Lychna]]
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 *'''[[Myrina]]'''
-*[[Panagia (Limnos)|Panagia]]
+*[[Panagia (Lemnos)|Panagia]]
-*[[Pedino (Limnos)|Pedino]]
+*[[Pedino (Lemnos)|Pedino]]
-*[[Plaka (Limnos)|Plaka]]
+*[[Plaka (Lemnos)|Plaka]]
-*[[Platy (Limnos)|Platy]]
+*[[Platy (Lemnos)|Platy]]
 *[[Portiano]]
 *[[Repanidi]]
-*[[Romano (Limnos)|Romano]]
+*[[Romano (Lemnos)|Romano]]
 *[[Roussopouli]]
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 *[[Skandali]]
-*[[Thanos (Limnos) |Thanos]]
+*[[Thanos (Lemnos) |Thanos]]
 *[[Tsimandria]]

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 ! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
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-| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Lesbos]] Prefecture
+| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Lesvos]] Prefecture
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 | Capital: || [[Myrina]]
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-'''Lemnos''' (mod. '''Limnos''' Greek: &#923;&#942;&#956;&#957;&#959;&#962;), an island in the northern part of the [[Aegean Sea]]. The island, part of the [[prefecture]] of [[Lesbos]], is of considerable size: the area has been estimated at [[1 E8 m²|476 km²]] (150 sq.mi). A great part is mountainous, but some very fertile valleys exist. The hillsides afford pasture for sheep. A few mulberry and fruit trees grow, but no olives. The chief towns are [[Myrina, Greece|Myrina]] on the western coast, and [[Moudros]] on the southern coast. Myrina (aka Kastro) possesses an excellent harbour, and is the seat of all the trade carried on with the island.
+'''Limnos''' (mod. '''Limnos''' Greek: &#923;&#942;&#956;&#957;&#959;&#962;), an island in the northern part of the [[Aegean Sea]]. The island, part of the [[prefecture]] of [[Lesvos]], is of considerable size: the area has been estimated at [[1 E8 m²|476 km²]] (150 sq.mi). A great part is mountainous, but some very fertile valleys exist. The hillsides afford pasture for sheep. A few mulberry and fruit trees grow, but no olives. The chief towns are [[Myrina, Greece|Myrina]] on the western coast, and [[Moudros]] on the southern coast. Myrina (aka Kastro) possesses an excellent harbour, and is the seat of all the trade carried on with the island.
-== Mythic Lemnos ==
+== Mythic Limnos ==
-In ancient times the island was sacred to [[Hephaestus]], who as the legend tells fell on Lemnos when his father [[Zeus]] hurled him headlong out of [[Olympus]]. There he was cared for by the Sinties, according to ''[[Iliad]]'' I:590ff or by [[Thetis]] (Apollodorus, ''Library'' I:3.5), and there with a Thracian nymph Cabiro (a daughter of [[Proteus]]) he fathered a tribe called the [[Kaberoi|Cabiroides]]. Sacred rites dedicated to them were performed in the island.
+In ancient times the island was sacred to [[Hephaestus]], who as the legend tells fell on Limnos when his father [[Zeus]] hurled him headlong out of [[Olympus]]. There he was cared for by the Sinties, according to ''[[Iliad]]'' I:590ff or by [[Thetis]] (Apollodorus, ''Library'' I:3.5), and there with a Thracian nymph Cabiro (a daughter of [[Proteus]]) he fathered a tribe called the [[Kaberoi|Cabiroides]]. Sacred rites dedicated to them were performed in the island.
-Hephaestus' forge, which was located on Lemnos, as well as the name ''Aethaleia'', sometimes applied to it, points to its volcanic character. It is said that fire occasionally blazed forth from Mosychlos, one of its mountains; and [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] relates that a small island called Chryse, off the Lemnian coast, was swallowed up by the sea. All volcanic action is now extinct.
+Hephaestus' forge, which was located on Limnos, as well as the name ''Aethaleia'', sometimes applied to it, points to its volcanic character. It is said that fire occasionally blazed forth from Mosychlos, one of its mountains; and [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] relates that a small island called Chryse, off the Limnian coast, was swallowed up by the sea. All volcanic action is now extinct.
-The name Lemnos is said by [[Hecataeus]] to have been a title of [[Cybele]] among the [[Thrace|Thracians]], and the earliest inhabitants are said to have been a Thracian tribe, called by the [[Greece|Greeks]] Sinties, i.e. "the robbers".n
+The name Limnos is said by [[Hecataeus]] to have been a title of [[Cybele]] among the [[Thrace|Thracians]], and the earliest inhabitants are said to have been a Thracian tribe, called by the [[Greece|Greeks]] Sinties, i.e. "the robbers".n
 [[Apollodorus]] (''Epitome'' I:9) records that when [[Dionysus]] found Ariadne abandoned on Naxos, he brought her to Lemnos and there fathered Thoas, Staphylus, Oenopion, and Peparethus. Pliny the Elder in his ''Natural History'' (xxxvi. 13) speaks of a remarkable labyrinth in Lemnos, which has not been identified in modern times.
-According to a famous legend the women were all deserted by their husbands for Thracian women, and in revenge they murdered every man on the island. From this barbarous act, the expression ''Lemnian deeds'' became proverbial. The [[Argonauts]] landing soon after found only women in the island, ruled over by [[Hypsipyle]], daughter of the old king [[Thoas]]. From the Argonauts and the Lemnian women were descended the race called [[Minyae]], whose king [[Euneus]], son of [[Jason]] and Hypsipyle, sent wine and provisions to the Greeks at [[Troy]]. The Minyae were expelled by a [[Pelasgians|Pelasgian]] tribe who came from [[Attica]]. The historical element underlying these traditions is probably that the original Thracian people were gradually brought into communication with the Greeks as navigation began to unite the scattered islands of the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]]; the Thracian inhabitants were primitive in comparison with the Greek mariners.
+According to a famous legend the women were all deserted by their husbands for Thracian women, and in revenge they murdered every man on the island. From this barbarous act, the expression ''Limnian deeds'' became proverbial. The [[Argonauts]] landing soon after found only women in the island, ruled over by [[Hypsipyle]], daughter of the old king [[Thoas]]. From the Argonauts and the Lemnian women were descended the race called [[Minyae]], whose king [[Euneus]], son of [[Jason]] and Hypsipyle, sent wine and provisions to the Greeks at [[Troy]]. The Minyae were expelled by a [[Pelasgians|Pelasgian]] tribe who came from [[Attica]]. The historical element underlying these traditions is probably that the original Thracian people were gradually brought into communication with the Greeks as navigation began to unite the scattered islands of the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]]; the Thracian inhabitants were primitive in comparison with the Greek mariners.
 The worship of Cybele was characteristic of Thrace, whither it spread from [[Asia Minor]] at a very early period, and it deserves notice that Hypsipyle and Myrina (the name of one of the chief towns) are Amazon names, which are always connected with Asiatic Cybele-worship.
-In another legend localized in Lemnos, [[Philoctetes]] was left there by the Greeks on their way to Troy; and there he suffered ten years' agony from his wounded foot, until [[Odysseus]] and [[Neoptolemus]] induced him to accompany them to Troy. He is said by [[Sophocles]] to have lived beside Mount Hermaeus, which [[Aeschylus]] makes one of the beacon points to flash the news of Troy's downfall home to [[Argos]].
+In another legend localized in Limnos, [[Philoctetes]] was left there by the Greeks on their way to Troy; and there he suffered ten years' agony from his wounded foot, until [[Odysseus]] and [[Neoptolemus]] induced him to accompany them to Troy. He is said by [[Sophocles]] to have lived beside Mount Hermaeus, which [[Aeschylus]] makes one of the beacon points to flash the news of Troy's downfall home to [[Argos]].
-== Historical Lemnos ==
+== Historical Limnos ==
-[[Homer]] speaks as if there were one town in the island called Lemnos, but in historical times there was no such place. There were two towns, Myrina, now Kastro, and Hephaestia. The latter was the chief town; its coins are found in considerable number, the types being sometimes the Athenian goddess and her owl, sometimes native religious symbols, the caps of the [[Dioscuri]], [[Apollo]], etc. Few coins of Myrina are known. They belong to the period of Attic occupation, and bear Athenian types. A few coins are also known which bear the name, not of either city, but of the whole island.
+[[Homer]] speaks as if there were one town in the island called Limnos, but in historical times there was no such place. There were two towns, Myrina, now Kastro, and Hephaestia. The latter was the chief town; its coins are found in considerable number, the types being sometimes the Athenian goddess and her owl, sometimes native religious symbols, the caps of the [[Dioscuri]], [[Apollo]], etc. Few coins of Myrina are known. They belong to the period of Attic occupation, and bear Athenian types. A few coins are also known which bear the name, not of either city, but of the whole island.
-A trace of the pre-Greek language, Lemnian, is found on a 6th century inscription on a funerary stele, the '''[[Lemnos stele]]'''.
+A trace of the pre-Greek language, Limnian, is found on a 6th century inscription on a funerary stele, the '''[[Lemnos stele]]'''.
-Coming down to a better authenticated period, we find that Lemnos was conquered by Otanes, one of the generals of Darius I of Persia but was soon ([[510 BC]]) reconquered by [[Miltiades]], the tyrant of the Thracian Chersonese. Miltiades afterwards returned to [[Athens]], and Lemnos continued an Athenian possession till the [[Macedon]]ian empire absorbed it. The Romans declared it free in [[197 BC]], but gave it over in [[166 BC|166]] to [[Athens]], which retained nominal possession of it till the whole of [[Greece]] was made a Roman province. After the division of the empire, Lemnos passed under the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperors; it shared in the vicissitudes of the eastern provinces, being alternately in the power of [[Greeks]], Italians and Turks, till finally the Turkish sultans became supreme in the Aegean. In [[1476]] the Venetians and [[Greek Byzantines]] successfully defended Kotschinos against a Turkish siege; but in [[1657]] Kastro was captured by the Turks after a siege of sixty-three days. Kastro was again besieged by Russia in 1770.  In [[1912]], Lemnos became part of [[Greece]] during the [[First Balkan War]].
+Coming down to a better authenticated period, we find that Limnos was conquered by Otanes, one of the generals of Darius I of Persia but was soon ([[510 BC]]) reconquered by [[Miltiades]], the tyrant of the Thracian Chersonese. Miltiades afterwards returned to [[Athens]], and Lemnos continued an Athenian possession till the [[Macedon]]ian empire absorbed it. The Romans declared it free in [[197 BC]], but gave it over in [[166 BC|166]] to [[Athens]], which retained nominal possession of it till the whole of [[Greece]] was made a Roman province. After the division of the empire, Limnos passed under the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperors; it shared in the vicissitudes of the eastern provinces, being alternately in the power of [[Greeks]], Italians and Turks, till finally the Turkish sultans became supreme in the Aegean. In [[1476]] the Venetians and [[Greek Byzantines]] successfully defended Kotschinos against a Turkish siege; but in [[1657]] Kastro was captured by the Turks after a siege of sixty-three days. Kastro was again besieged by Russia in 1770.  In [[1912]], Limnos became part of [[Greece]] during the [[First Balkan War]].
-==Modern Lemnos==
+==Modern Limnos==
-Today's Lemnos is an island that has about 30 villages and settlements.  The province includes the island of [[Agios Efstratios]] to the southwest. It is an island with some exceptional beaches and the only desert in Europe. The warm, welcoming attitude of the people and the excellent cuisine and slow pace of life combined with the stark beauty of the landscape makes the island the ideal destination for vacations.
+Today's Limnos is an island that has about 30 villages and settlements.  The province includes the island of [[Agios Efstratios]] to the southwest. It is an island with some exceptional beaches and the only desert in Europe. The warm, welcoming attitude of the people and the excellent cuisine and slow pace of life combined with the stark beauty of the landscape makes the island the ideal destination for vacations.
-Furthermore, modern Lemnos is a military base of [[Greece]] as it stands on a strategically important part of the [[Aegean Sea]].
+Furthermore, modern Limnos is a military base of [[Greece]] as it stands on a strategically important part of the [[Aegean Sea]].
 ==Climate==
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 ==Communities==
-*[[Agios Dimitrios (Lemnos)|Agios Dimitrios]]
+*[[Agios Dimitrios (Limnos)|Agios Dimitrios]]
 *[[Agios Efstratios]]
 *[[Angariones]]
 *[[Atsiki]]
-*[[Dafni (Lemnos)|Dafni]]
+*[[Dafni (Limnos)|Dafni]]
 *[[Fyssini]]
 *[[Kalliopi]]
-*[[Kallithea (Lemnos) |Kallithea]]
+*[[Kallithea (Limnos) |Kallithea]]
-*[[Kaminia (Lemnos)|Kaminia]]
+*[[Kaminia (Limnos)|Kaminia]]
 *[[Karpassi]]
 *[[Kaspakes]]
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 *[[Kornos]]
-*[[Livadochori (Lemnos) |Livadochori]]
+*[[Livadochori (Limnos) |Livadochori]]
 *[[Lychna]]
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 *'''[[Myrina]]'''
-*[[Panagia (Lemnos)|Panagia]]
+*[[Panagia (Limnos)|Panagia]]
-*[[Pedino (Lemnos)|Pedino]]
+*[[Pedino (Limnos)|Pedino]]
-*[[Plaka (Lemnos)|Plaka]]
+*[[Plaka (Limnos)|Plaka]]
-*[[Platy (Lemnos)|Platy]]
+*[[Platy (Limnos)|Platy]]
 *[[Portiano]]
 *[[Repanidi]]
-*[[Romano (Lemnos)|Romano]]
+*[[Romano (Limnos)|Romano]]
 *[[Roussopouli]]

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	*[http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Lemnos.html Carlos Parada, "Greek Mythology Link"]: Lemnos		*[http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Lemnos.html Carlos Parada, "Greek Mythology Link"]: Lemnos
	*http://www.lemnos-isl.gr (in Greek)		*http://www.lemnos-isl.gr (in Greek)
		+	* [http://gmakkas.com/intromain_gr.php?sub_id=12 Photographs of Lemnos] (article in Greek)

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 | Atsiki || 3504 || [[Atsiki]] || 814 01 || 22530
 |-
-| Moundros || 3512 || [[Moundros]] || 814 01 || 22520-7
+| Moudros || 3512 || [[Moudros]] || 814 01 || 22520-7
 |-
 | Myrina || 3513 || [[Myrina]] || 814 00 || 22540-2

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 *[[Lychna]]
-*[[Moundros]]
+*[[Moudros]]
 *'''[[Myrina]]'''
 *[[Panagia (Lemnos), Greece|Panagia]]