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