Lemnos

A large island in the northern Aegean Sea mid-way between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor and almost due west of the location of ancient Troy.

Lemnos is 186 square miles (482 square kilometers) in area and was the place where Hephaistos (Hephaestus) landed when he was hurled from Mount Olympos (Olympus) by Zeus.

The historian, Herodotus, relates the story that when the Pelasgians were driven from Attika (Attica) they kidnapped a number of Athenian women and took them to Lemnos; the women were defiant and taught their children to act and speak like Athenians; the Pelasgians would not accept such rebellious attitudes and killed the captive mothers and children and thus the term Lemnian Deeds became an enduring insult to the honor and manhood of the inhabitants.

Lemnos was also a stopping point for Iason (Jason) and the Argonauts when they were on their way to the Euxine (Black Sea); Iason fell in love with the ex-king’s daughter, Hypsipyle, and fathered twin sons with her.

Approximate east longitude 25.21 and north latitude 39.54.