in Ancient Geography, a town of the island of Lesbos (Herodot.)—Another of Troas on the continent, in the territory and to the north-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.