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Lesbos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

W. H. D. Rouse
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In this paper I propose, not to give the history of Lesbos, for which the curious may consult well-known books; nor to offer new geographical details, for which I am not qualified; but merely to recount my impressions of the island, its scenery, products, and people; to mention such remains of antiquity as can still be seen there; and, finally, a few interesting relics of ancient custom which the people to this day observe.

In shape, the island resembles the claw of a crab; the two ends of which enclose a wide gulf. The space enclosed would be contained by a triangle, whose S., N.E., and N.W. sides are about 45, 30, and 25 miles respectively. A backbone of rocks runs round the curve, broadening at the two points into wide stretches of hill country, and sinking into a low and fertile plain round the Gulf of Kalloni. The southern claw itself contains a smaller gulf, that of Hiera.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 2 , November 1896 , pp. 145 - 154
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1896

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page 147 note * Koldewey, Lesbos, p. 20.

page 147 note † Other moles exist in the island. One at Parakila, and one at Mytilene, may be mentioned.

page 148 note * Pending the publication of MrPaton's, W. R.Lesbian Inscriptions, this inscription may be studied in Mommsen's paper, Das Potamon-Denkmal auf Mytilene, Sitzungsber. der K. pr. Akad. dr Wiss., 1895, pp. 887 ff.Google Scholar

page 149 note * e.g. Louvre, Egyptian section, staircase, D. 27 (696): D 26: D. 53 with votive inscription in Greek.

page 150 note * See a complete discussion of the custom in E. S. Hartland's The Leitend of Perseus vol ii (Nutt).

page 152 note * My authority is Mr. Stavros Charidonis, schoolmaster at Kalloni.