Aristotle moved to Lesbos in 346/5 B.C. with his wife Pythia whom he married around this time. Pythia was Hermias' adoptive daughter or niece. Aristotle and his friend Theophrastus, a native of Lesbos, collected biological data here.
View of the harbor of Mytilene, the largest city on Lesbos, from the fort overlooking
the city
Ruin on the west side of the island