Lemnos

(lem'nos,) an island of the Greek Archipelago, belonging to Turkey, in N. Lat. 39° 53′ 46″, E. Lon. 25° 8'32"; area, 150 sq. m. lop. abt. 13,000. This island, in anc. times celebrated for its labyrinth, was peopled by a Thracian tribe; fell under the Persian yoke B. c. 505; and was subjected to Athens by Miltiades, B.c. 489. [s. 537]