Lesbos (
Modern Greek: Lesvos (Λέσβος)), is a Greek island located in the northeastern
Aegean Sea. Lesbos is part of the
Lesbos Prefecture, the third largest Greek island and the eighth largest in the
Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 1,630
km² (630
square miles) with 320 kilometres (almost 200 miles) of
coastline. Its population is approximately 90,000, a third of which lives in its
capital,
Mytilene, in the southeastern part of the island. The remaining population is distributed in small towns and villages. The largest towns are
Kalloni,
Gera Villages,
Plomari,
Agiasos,
Eresos and
Molyvos, the ancient Mythymna. Mytilene was founded in the
11th century BC by the family Penthilidae, who arrived from
Thessaly, and ruled until the popular revolt (
590–
580 BC) led by
Pittacus of Mytilene.
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