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Aeolia

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Aeolia , ae, f.: Aeolia, an island near Sicily, the home of Aeolus, 1.52.
Aeŏlĭa, ae, f., = Αἰολία.
  • A group of islands near Sicily, so called after Aeolus, who is said to have once reigned there, now the Lipari Islands, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92 sq.—
  • II In mythol., the abode of Aeolus, the god of the winds. Verg. A. 1, 52.—
  • III A country of Asia Minor, Nep. Con. 5.

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