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... tuus Augustus Marco Agrippae Mytilenese secretum, C. Maecenati urbe...

From the dictionary of Greek and Roman geography: MYTILE´NE or MITYLE´NE (Μυτιλήνη or Μιτυλήνη: Eth.Μυτιληναῖος or Eth. Μιτυληναῖος), the most important city in the island of Lesbos. There is some uncertainty about the orthography of the name. Coins are unanimous in favour of Μυτιλήνη. Inscriptions vary. Greek manuscripts have generally, but not universally, Μιτυλήνη. Latin manuscripts have generally Mitylene; but Velleius Paterculus, Pomponius Mela, and sometimes Pliny, have Mytilene. In some cases we find the Latin plural form Mitylenae. (Suet. Jul. 2, Tib. 10; Liv. Epit. 89.) Tacitus has the adjective Mytilenensis (Ann. 14.53).