Methymna

(now Porto Petero ), a town of the island of Lesbos, which received its name from a daughter of ♦ Mac are us. It is the second city of the island in greatne , population, and opulence, and its territory is fruitful, and the wines it produces excellent. It was the native place of Arion. When the whole island of Lesbos revolted from the power of the A then i ans, Methymna alone remained firm to its ancient allies. Diodorus , bk. 5 .— Thucydides , bk. 3 .— Horace , bk. 2 , satire 8, li. 50 .— Virgil , Georgics , bk. 3 , li. 90 . ♦ ‘Marc are us’ replaced with ‘Mac are us’