[ noun ] an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry <noun.location>
The story is loosely based on Daphnis and Chloe in the Isle of Lesbos.
Islanders on Mytilene, also known by its ancient name of Lesbos, are proud of a creative tradition that started with Sappho, the 6th century B.C. poet who wrote of love between women.