Μίλητος

Μίλητος — Mílētos

Μίλητος, Μιλήτου, ἡ, Miletus, a maritime city (now nearly ten miles from the coast (cf. Act 20:38)) of Caria or Ionia, near the mouths of the Maeander and not far (about 35 miles south) from Ephesus. It was the mother of many (some eighty) colonies, and the birthplace of Thales, Anaximander, and other celebrated men: Act 20:15; Act 20:17; 2Ti 4:20. (Lewin, St. Paul, ii., 90f.)