(anc. geogr.) a Greek city situated on an isthmus of a cognominal peninsula, on the north-east side of the island, Mylaei, or Mylenetos, the people. A town built by thole of Zanclé (Strabo.) Mylaeus, the epithet, as Mylaeus Campus, mentioned by Polybius. Now called Milazzo, a port town of Sicily, in the Val di Demona. E. Long. 15° 5' lat. 38° 36'.