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Eolian


EO'LIAN

EOL'IC, adjective Pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, inhabited by Greeks.

The Eolic dialect of the Greek language, was the dialect used by the inhabitants of that country.

Eolian lyre or harp, is a simple stringed instrument that sounds by the impulse of air, from Aeolus, the deity of the winds.