inhospitable, epith. of Lemnos in Il. 24.753, h.Ap. 36: otherwise expl. as smoky, from the volcano Mosychlos, cf. ὁμίχλη. (Cypr. acc. to Sch. Il. l.c.)
Samothrace, Hdt. 6.47; the seat of the mysteries of the Cabeiri, Id. 2.51; called Σάμος Θρηϊκίη in Hom., Il. 13.12, h.Ap. 34; and simply Σάμος, Il. 24.78, 753. Adj. Σᾰμόθρᾳξ (not Σαμοθρᾴξ), Hdn.Gr. 1.42, Choerob. in Theod. 1.187 H., etc.; Ion. pl. Σαμοθρήϊκες Hdt. 2.51, 8.90; also Σᾰμοθρᾴκιος, Ion. Σαμοθρηΐκιος, η, ον, Id. 7.59, 108.
Ἴμβρος (παιπαλόεσσα). An island lower in height than Samothrace between Samothrace and Troy and northwest of Tenedos Il. 13.33, Il. 14.281, Il. 24.78, 753.
Λῆμνος (ἀμιχθαλόεσσα, ἐϋκτιμένη , ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον, ἠγαθέη). The Aegean island, inhabited by the Sinties. Hephaestus's fall on to it Il. 1.593; Philoctetes left there Il. 2.722; Euneus sends wine from it to the Greeks Il. 7.467; Il. 21.230; its king Thoas-2 Il. 14.230; Hera encounters Ὕπνος there Il. 14.231, 281; Lycaon-2 sold into slavery there to Euneus Il. 21.40, 46, 58, 79; Il. 24.753: a seat of Hephaestus Od. 8.283 , 294, 301.
ἀμιχθαλόεις -εσσα [prob. = ὀμιχθαλόεις fr. ὀμίχλη.] Thus, misty, steaming. Of Lemnos Il. 24.753. (Lemnos is not volcanic. The reference may be to some jet of natural gas which has now disappeared.)