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== | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56612" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> (Μιτυλήνη) </p> <p> Mitylene, or-according to the usual spelling in classical writings and on coins-Mytilene, was the chief town in the island of Lesbos, lying on the S.E. coast, about 12 miles from the mainland of [[Asia]] Minor. [[Built]] on a peninsula which had once been an island, it had two excellent harbours, the northern for merchantmen, the southern for triremes. </p> <p> Horace calls it ‘Mitylene pulchra’ ( <i> Ep. </i> i. xi. 17), and Cicero praises it as ‘urbs et natura de situ et descriptione aediflciorum et pulchritudine, in primis nobilis’ ( <i> Leg. Agr. </i> ii. 41). [[Mitylene]] was the home of Alcaeus and of Sappho, ‘an extraordinary person (θαυμαστόν τι χρῆμα), for at no period within memory has any woman been known at all to be compared to her in poetry’ (Strabo, xiii. ii. 3). For its old renown the Romans left the city free-‘libera Mitylene’ (Pliny, v. 39). </p> <p> Mitylene is mentioned only incidentally in Acts (20:14). The ship in which St. [[Paul]] sailed from [[Assos]] to [[Patara]] in the month of April lay over-night either in the northern harbour of Mitylene (which [[Strabo]] mentions as μέγας καὶ βαθύς [XIII. ii. 2]), or else in the roadstead outside. Mitylene was about 30 miles S. from Assos-an easy day’s sail. It was contrary to the general practice to sail at night in the aegean, where, throughout the summer season, the N. wind commonly blows fresh in the morning and dies away towards evening. In later [[Christian]] times the whole island of [[Lesbos]] came to be called Mitylene. The Turks, who captured it in a.d. 1462, have corrupted its name into <i> Midüllü </i> . </p> <p> Literature.-Conybeare-Howson, <i> Life and [[Epistles]] of St. Paul </i> , new ed., London, 1877, ii. 261; H. F. Tozer, <i> The Islands of the aegean </i> , Oxford, 1890, p. 134 f.; W. M. Ramsay, <i> St. Paul the [[Traveller]] and the [[Roman]] [[Citizen]] </i> , London, 1895, p. 291 ff. </p> <p> James Strahan. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36562" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36562" /> == | ||
<p> Capital, on S.E. side, of the island Lesbos, now Mitylen. [[Beautiful]] in situation ("pulchra ", Horace Ep. 1:11, 17, with mountains in the background) and in buildings, and enjoying the [[Roman]] citizenship. [[Paul]] stopped at it for the night in his return from his third missionary journey; between [[Assos]] and Chios. The wind blew probably from N.W., from which the harbor of [[Mitylene]] would shelter the ship. He was there on a dark moonless night; a good reason for passing the night there, and waiting daylight for the intricate passages southward to [[Chios]] and [[Samos]] (Acts 20:14-15). The native land of the poets [[Sappho]] and Alcaeus, and Arion the musician. </p> | <p> Capital, on S.E. side, of the island Lesbos, now Mitylen. [[Beautiful]] in situation ("pulchra ", Horace Ep. 1:11, 17, with mountains in the background) and in buildings, and enjoying the [[Roman]] citizenship. [[Paul]] stopped at it for the night in his return from his third missionary journey; between [[Assos]] and Chios. The wind blew probably from N.W., from which the harbor of [[Mitylene]] would shelter the ship. He was there on a dark moonless night; a good reason for passing the night there, and waiting daylight for the intricate passages southward to [[Chios]] and [[Samos]] (Acts 20:14-15). The native land of the poets [[Sappho]] and Alcaeus, and Arion the musician. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52757" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52757" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> MITYLENE </strong> was the chief town of [[Lesbos]] on its E. coast, subsequently giving its name to the whole island. It was one of the early Æolian colonies, and one of the earliest homes of [[Greek]] lyric poetry the birthplace of [[Sappho]] and Alcæns. It attained great naval power, and founded colonies such as Sigeum and Assos. It took a prominent part in the Ionian revolt, but helped Xerxes against Greece. It joined the [[Athenian]] alliance, but revolted in b.c. 428 and was nearly annihilated. After opposing [[Rome]] in the Mithradatic War, it was made a free city. It has belonged to the Turks since a.d. 1462. Its mention in Acts 20:14 is merely incidental, St. Paul’s ship spent a night there. </p> <p> A. E. Hillard. </p> | <p> <strong> MITYLENE </strong> was the chief town of [[Lesbos]] on its E. coast, subsequently giving its name to the whole island. It was one of the early Æolian colonies, and one of the earliest homes of [[Greek]] lyric poetry the birthplace of [[Sappho]] and Alcæns. It attained great naval power, and founded colonies such as Sigeum and Assos. It took a prominent part in the Ionian revolt, but helped Xerxes against Greece. It joined the [[Athenian]] alliance, but revolted in b.c. 428 and was nearly annihilated. After opposing [[Rome]] in the Mithradatic War, it was made a free city. It has belonged to the Turks since a.d. 1462. Its mention in Acts 20:14 is merely incidental, St. Paul’s ship spent a night there. </p> <p> A. E. Hillard. </p> | ||
== | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73993" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> Mityle'ne. (mutilated). The chief town of Lesbos, an island of the Aegean Sea, 7 1/2 miles from the opposite point of [[Asia]] Minor. The city is situated on the east coast of the island. [[Mitylene]] is the intermediate place, where St. [[Paul]] stopped for the night between [[Assos]] and Chios. Acts 20:14-15. </p> <p> The town itself was celebrated in [[Roman]] times, for the beauty of its buildings. In St. Paul's day, it had the privileges of a free city. (It is now a place of no importance, called Mitelin. It contains about 1100 houses, [[Greek]] and Turkish, with narrow and filthy streets. - Editor). </p> | ||
== | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16659" /> == | ||
<p> [[ | <p> The ancient capital of the island of Lesbos; a seaport on the east side of the island, towards [[Asia]] Minor. [[Paul]] touched there on his way from [[Greece]] to Jerusalem, Acts 20:14 . The island is now called Mitelino; and the ruins of the city still exist near Castro. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70450" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70450" /> == | ||
<p> [[Mitylene]] (mĭt-y-lç'ne), hornless. The chief town and capital of the isle of Lesbos. Acts 20:14-15. In Paul's day it had the privileges of a free city. </p> | <p> [[Mitylene]] (mĭt-y-lç'ne), hornless. The chief town and capital of the isle of Lesbos. Acts 20:14-15. In Paul's day it had the privileges of a free city. </p> | ||
== | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48208" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> The place where [[Paul]] passed in his way from [[Corinth]] to Jerusalem. (See Acts 20:14) According to the Greek, the name means cleanliness. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67752" /> == | |||
<p> [[Capital]] city of Lesbos, an island in the AEgean Sea. Acts 20:14 . The island and the city are both now called Mitylene: 39 7' N, 26 30' E . </p> | |||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81149" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81149" /> == | ||
<p> the capital of the island of Lesbos, through which St. [[Paul]] passed as he went from [[Corinth]] to Jerusalem, Acts 20:14 . </p> | <p> the capital of the island of Lesbos, through which St. [[Paul]] passed as he went from [[Corinth]] to Jerusalem, Acts 20:14 . </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42502" /> == | |||
Acts 20:14 | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32532" /> == | |||
Acts 20:14 | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51065" /> == | |||
<p> (Μιτυλήνη , Acts 20:14; written also Mytile'ne, Μυτιλήνη, which is the older and more accurate form [see Tzchucke, ad Mel. II, 2:484; of uncertain etymology), the capital of the isle of [[Lesbos]] (Ptolemy, 4:2, 29), in the AEgean Sea, about seven and a half miles from the opposite point on the coast of [[Asia]] Minor. It was a well-built town, with two harbors, but unwholesomely situated (Vitruvius, [[De]] Architect. 1:6). It was the native place of Pittacus, Theophanes, Theophrastus, Sappho, Alcaeus, and Diophanes, and was liberally supplied with literary advantages (Strabo, 13:617; Senec. Helv. 9; Pliny, 5:37; comp. Veil. Paten. 2:18). The town was celebrated for the beauty of its buildings (" Mitlene pulchra," Horace, Epist. I, 11:17; see Cicero, Rull. 2:16). It had the privileges of a free city (Pliny, N.H. 5:39). The apostle Pal touched at [[Mitylene]] overnight between [[Assos]] and Chios, during his third apostolical journey, on the way from [[Corinth]] to [[Judaea]] (Acts 20:14). It may be gathered from the circumstances of this voyage that the wind was blowing from the N.W., and it is worth while to notice that in the harbor or in the roadstead of Mitylene the ship would be sheltered from that wind. Moreover, it appears that [[Paul]] was there at the time of dark moon, and this was a sufficient reason for passing the night there before going through the intricate passages to the southward (see Conybeare and Howson's Life of St. Paul, 2:210). It does not appear that any [[Christian]] [[Church]] was established at this place in the apostolic age. No mention is made of it in ecclesiastical history until a late period; and in the 2d century heathenism was so rife in Mitylene that a man was annually sacrificed to Dionysus. In the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th centuries, however, we find bishops of Mitylene present at several councils (Magdeburg, Hist. Eccles. Cent. 2:195; 5:6; 6:6; 7:4, 253, 254; 8:6). Mitylene still exists, under the designation of Metelin, and has given its name, in the form of Miftilni, to the whole island; but it is now a place of no importance (Tournefort, Trav. 2:115; Olivier, Voyage, 2:93; Sonnini, Travels in Greece, page 366). The town contains about 700 [[Greek]] houses, and 400 Turkish; its streets are narrow and filthy (Turner, [[Tours]] the Levant, 3:299). See, generally, Pauly's Realencyklop. 5:372 sq.; Anthon's Class. Dict. s.v.; Smith's Dict. of Class. Geography, s.v.; M'Culloch's Gazetteer, s.v. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6375" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6375" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16176" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16176" /> == | ||
<p> Mityle´ne, the capital of the isle of Lesbos, in the Ægean Sea, about seven miles and a half from the opposite point on the coast of [[Asia]] Minor. It was a well-built town, but unwholesomely situated. It was the native place of Pittacus, Theophanes, Theophrastus, Sappho, Alcæus, and Diophanes. St. [[Paul]] touched at [[Mitylene]] in his voyage from [[Corinth]] to [[Judea]] . It does not appear that any [[Christian]] church was established at this place in the apostolic age. No mention is made of it in ecclesiastical history until a late period; and in the second century heathenism was so rife in Mirylene that a man was annually sacrificed to Dionysus. In the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries, we, however, find bishops of Mitylene present at several councils. Mitylene still exists, and has given its name, in the form of Mytilni, to the whole island; but it is now a place of no importance. </p> | <p> Mityle´ne, the capital of the isle of Lesbos, in the Ægean Sea, about seven miles and a half from the opposite point on the coast of [[Asia]] Minor. It was a well-built town, but unwholesomely situated. It was the native place of Pittacus, Theophanes, Theophrastus, Sappho, Alcæus, and Diophanes. St. [[Paul]] touched at [[Mitylene]] in his voyage from [[Corinth]] to [[Judea]] . It does not appear that any [[Christian]] church was established at this place in the apostolic age. No mention is made of it in ecclesiastical history until a late period; and in the second century heathenism was so rife in Mirylene that a man was annually sacrificed to Dionysus. In the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries, we, however, find bishops of Mitylene present at several councils. Mitylene still exists, and has given its name, in the form of Mytilni, to the whole island; but it is now a place of no importance. </p> | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="term_56612"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/mitylene Mitylene from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_36562"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_36562"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_52757"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/mitylene Mitylene from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_73993"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_16659"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_70450"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/mitylene Mitylene from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_48208"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_67752"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_67752"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_81149"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_42502"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_32532"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/mitylene Mitylene from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_51065"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/mitylene Mitylene from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_6375"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/mitylene Mitylene from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_6375"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/mitylene Mitylene from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_16176"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/mitylene Mitylene from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_16176"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/mitylene Mitylene from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
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