Lemnian

British  

/ ˈlɛmnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Greek island of Lemnos or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Lemnos

Example Sentences

He asked himself if it were fitting that a Lemnian should be stayed in his holy task by the struggles of Hellene and Barbarian.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

When the other Lemnian women slept she put her head upon her nurse’s knees and wept; bitterly Hypsipyle wept, but softly, for she would not have the others hear her weeping.

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic

A DAY came when Heracles left the Argo and went on the Lemnian land.

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic

A town in the island was called Hephaestia, and the functions of the god must have been wide, as we are told that his Lemnian priests could cure snake-bites.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Between this precinct and the Propylaea were a number of statues, among them the celebrated heifer of Myron, and perhaps his Erechtheus; the Lemnian Athena of Pheidias, and his effigy of his friend Pericles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various