Mytilene (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Mytilene 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]

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