a island of woman worriors.
2006-06-13 14:04:48 · 14 answers · asked by ezo_63 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Lesbos (Greek: Λέσβος - Lésvos see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea; its inhabitants are called Lesvioi. Lesbos is part of the Lesbos Prefecture, the third largest Greek island and the seventh largest in the Mediterranean. It has an area of 1630 km² (630 square miles) with 320 kilometres (230 miles) of coastline. Its population is approximately 90,000 about a third of which live in the capital city, Mytilene, located in the southeastern part of the island. The remaining population is distributed in small towns and villages. The largest towns are Kalloni, Plomari, Ayassos, Eressos, and Molyvos, the ancient Mythymna. Mytilene was founded in the 11th century BCE by the family Penthilidae who arrived from Thessaly in mainland Greece and ruled until the popular revolt (590-580 BCE) led by Pittacus .
The modern meaning of the word "lesbian" is derived from the Victorian interpretation of the poems of Sappho whose poetry was taken to mean sexual rather than emotional or Platonic love between her and her charges at her girl's finishing school [citation needed]. (This was at least partially a misinterpretation: the Victorians likely invented the idea of Sappho running a girls' finishing school, although Sappho may have had homosexual interests.) Because of this association, Lesbos and especially the town of Eressos, the birthplace of Sappho, are visited frequently by lesbian tourists.
2006-06-14 08:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lesbos is in the northern Agean, in Greece (and not near Greece). And it is not an island of women worriors, it is the island of Sapfo, a great woman poet of antiquity, and a feminist, who run a school for women. Her devotion to her students created the rumor that she was homosexual, hence the word Lesbian.
2006-06-14 02:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lesbos is a real Greek island located in the northern part of the Aegan sea. Historically it had nothing to do with lesbians or warrior women. The link below will take you to the full article about it.
2006-06-14 08:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by sooziebeaker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greek island of Lesbo, is in the Aegean Sea, that is about 15 kilometres from the coats of Turkey.
2006-06-13 22:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They weren't "worriors" that was the Amazon warriors of Greece. Lesbo is by/a part of Greece, and is filled with lesbians (that's where the word "lesbian" comes from)
2006-06-13 21:51:12 · answer #5 · answered by Joe Shmoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lesbos is in the Aegean Sea, near Greese.
2006-06-13 22:01:21 · answer #6 · answered by Jess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a Greek island in the Aegean sea.
2006-06-13 21:30:33 · answer #7 · answered by magrelle2126 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lesbo is in Greece.
2006-06-13 21:08:37 · answer #8 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-13 21:07:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the mediterainian sea by Cyprus
2006-06-13 21:07:59 · answer #10 · answered by remixdeb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋