Aeolis

[ ee-uh-lis ]

noun

1. an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in northwestern Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.

Aeolis

/ ˈiːəlɪs; iːˈəʊlɪə /

noun

1. the ancient name for the coastal region of NW Asia Minor, including the island of Lesbos, settled by the Aeolian Greeks (about 1000 bc )

Example Sentences

Pair of ear-rings, from a grave at Cyme in Aeolis, with filigree work and pendant Erotes.

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Secondly, Hesiod claims that his father—if not he himself—came from Aeolis and settled in Boeotia.

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By Αἰολέες he means here the inhabitants of the Asiatic Aeolis.

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Aeolis in the eighth century must have differed very greatly from the city states of the sixth and fifth centuries.

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In Aeolis, of course, the centre of gravity moved to the Attalid capital, Pergamum.

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