Aeolis
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Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne
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History
Sometimes defined as covering the entrance of the Hellespont to the mouth of the Hermus River, Aeolis was a region centered on the North West coast of Asia Minor and some islands, notably Lesbos. Herodotus lists the eleven ancient cities of Aeolis as Cyme, Lerisae, Neon Teichos, Temnos, Cilla, Notion, Aegiroessa, Pitane, Aegaeae, Myrina, and Gryneia. He also claims that Smyrna was once an Aeolian city, but was taken by the Ionians at an unspecified date.
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- Aeolis part of (regional) Asia Minor (750 BC - AD 640)
- Aeolis part of (administrative) Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Achaion Limen part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Aegae part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Aigiroessa part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Arginous(s)ai Inss. part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Blakeia connection Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Cyme part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Gryneion connection Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Ionia (region) abuts Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Myrina/Sebastopolis connection Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Neonteichos connection Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Phocaea connection Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Pitane part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Posidea part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
- Temnos part of (regional) Aeolis (unspecified date range)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 D3 Aeolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: coast and islands between Troas and Ionia
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Ryan Horne, 'Aeolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550406> [accessed: 06 December 2025]
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