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MYLÆ, in Ancient Geography, a Greek city situated on an isthmus of a cognominal peninsula, on the north-east side of the island. Mylae, or Mylenfer, the people. A town built by those of Zancle (Strabo). Mylaea, the epithet, as Mylaeus Campus, mentioned by Polybius. Now called Milazzo, a port town of Sicily, in the Val di Demona. E. Long, i5. 5. N. Lat. 38° 36'.