(modern Lindo), an ancient Dorian town on the E. coast of Rhodes, near a promontory of the same name. It is mentioned by Homer, along with the two other Dorian cities, Ialysus and Camirus, as allied to the Greeks in the Trojan War. After the building of Rhodes (408 B.C.), Lindus soon lost both its population and independent position. It continued famous, however, for the Lindia, or temple of Minerva, and the temple of Hercules. The former, of which the ruins may still be seen, was built by the daughters of Danaus, or, according to others, by Danaus himself. The inscriptions found on the tombs, and other architectural vestiges, are described in Hamilton's Researches, vol. ii., p. 55. Lindus was the birthplace of Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages. The district around it, though sterile, was noted in ancient times for wine and figs. See RHODES.