Aeolian
Relating to breezes
Aeolian refers to Aeolis, an ancient region of western Asia Minor settled by Greeks, or to its inhabitants and their dialect.
The Aeolian Greeks were one of the major tribal divisions of ancient Greece, alongside the Ionians and Dorians.
The Aeolian dialect influenced early Greek poetry. (Lowercase aeolian means wind-related or describes a musical mode.)
Odyssey
Epic of homecoming
Lesbos
Greek Aegean island
- Greek demonymsAthenian, Corinthian, Theban, Cretan, Cypriot
- Aeolic Greek
- church modesDorian, Lydian, Ionian
- mechanical musicmusic box, barrel organ, player piano, calliope, street organ
- modessleep mode, safe mode, airplane mode, dark mode, light mode
- ancient musiclyre, pan pipes, panpipes, tibia, shofar
- aeolian harpBreeze-activated stringed instrument