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'''Myrine''' was an [[Amazons|Amazon]] Queen of the [[North AfricanAfrica]]n Libyan[[Libya]]n ([[Gorgon]]) Amazons. The Libyan Amazons predate the [[Themiskyran Amazons]]. The city of [[Myrine (city)|Myrine]]/[[Myrina]] on the west coast of [[Asia Minor]] may be named after her.

The name "Myrine" was also a [[honorific]] title taken by each Libyan amazonAmazon queenQueen in honour of her role in resettling her people and repairing relations with the Gorgons.

She subdued the island of [[Lesbos]] and built its chief city, [[Mytilene]], named after her sister who'd assisted her in the campaign.