(anc. geog.), a town of the island of Lesbos (Herodot.)—Another of Troas on the continent, in the territory and to the south-east of Abydos (Polyb.) : the rendezvous of Alexander's army after the passage of the Hellespont (Arrian) ; a colony of the Mitylenians (Stephanus) ; taken and plundered by Achilles (Virgil). The residence of Axylus, celebrated by Homer for his hospitality, which gained him the character of Friend of mankind.