Lemnos (island)
natural · 1500 AD – 2099 AD
A large volcanic island in the northern Aegean Sea. Lemnos appears frequently in Greek myth, not least as the crash-landing place of the god Hephaestos (Vulcan) when he was thrown from Mount Olympus by Zeus for attempting to protect his mother Hera.
- Coordinates
- 39.90502, 25.22909
- Also known as
- Cezīre-i Limyos (ota), Lemnos
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)