Aegean Sea, Chesme victory, Athens, Corinth and Mycenae

At every step there are many ruins and ancient remains, which is completely consistent with the descriptions of Strabo, Vitruz and Cicero about the ancient splendor of Mytilene. It is reminiscent of the historical event of the Peloponesian War. During the siege of the city by Kalikratida, the Aeinsk Fleet came to the aid of the besieged. Kalikratidas carelessly left part of his army and fleet to continue the siege, and with the other part he went out to face the enemy, whose forces were superior. He found him near the Arginuz Islands, and began an unequal battle, defeated him, and himself lost his life. This battle gave complete superiority to the Aeinians for a short time, and History does not say anything worth mentioning about ancient Lesbos. This island is famous not so much for historical events as for the names of its natives. One Nittak would be enough to glorify an entire country. Gray counted him among her seven sages, and the human race should accept him among its benefactors. He showed the unprecedented spirit of the Philosopher, who dared to enslave his fatherland solely in order to give it laws, establish its freedom, and, having become an autocratic king, voluntarily step down from the throne and stand alongside the last citizen. Noslf of this immortal name, I don’t even dare remind you of Sa, although she is also famous for her love for Phaon, for her poems, misfortunes and mortal ones; O Terpandreux, inventor of the seven-string lyre; about "/rgonz, saved on the back of a dolphin.... It is difficult to determine exactly when the island of Lesbos lost its ancient name and began to be called by the name of its main city, Mytilene. Eustasios, Emiskopi of Eessaloniki, in his commentary on the 3rd book of the World Odyssey, page 462, says: “There are five cities on Lesbos: 4th Chesvos, after which the island is named; 9th - Mktissa, or Issa; 3rd Myra, "1st Mevnmn and 5th Litilena, after which the island is now called, as it was formerly called from Lesvos." — All that I could see in Mytilev were the many ruins and remains of antiquity scattered throughout the city and its environs; but with all our imagination it is impossible to form anything whole from them, and all the monuments that I later saw in Greshi are in almost the same condition. The bread for livestock was built from rich debris that belonged to the temples! Here is a distorted bas-relief, there is a frieze, a large column, and often entire statues are embedded in the wall of a simple house, tavern, or stable. In these countries, at every step, elegant remnants appear, reminders of what Sin was and what it lost. Mytilene is equally distant from Conetantinople and Smyrna. Situated almost in the middle of the Archipelago, this island, fertile, abundant in water, endowed with good harbours, must be an important and flourishing possession; but, unfortunately, it belongs to the Turks: this word says it all. It is deserted, devastated, and its population is decreasing every year, agriculture is falling, industry is disappearing completely. After spending the night in the pier, we sailed into the X1st Strait. I am eager to see Chesma.