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You’re not planning a sea voyage to Ithaca by way of Aeolia, just driving to the next state over.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020

For Aeolia Book I. stanzas viii. to xx.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

After having tossed the unhappy hero and his men over many seas, Juno, observing their approach to Italy, hastened to Aeolia, where King Aeolus ruled over the struggling winds and tempests, chained in vast caves.

From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner

While the lord of Lemnos is busied thus in the borders of Aeolia, Evander is roused from his low dwelling by the gracious daylight and the matin songs of birds from the eaves.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

AEOLUS, in Greek mythology, according to Homer the son of Hippotes, god and father of the winds, and ruler of the island of Aeolia.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg