Aeolis

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Aeolis was an ancient Greek coastal region in western Asia Minor and nearby islands, traditionally associated with Aeolian Greek settlements and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek region
historical region
associatedWith Aeolian Greeks
linked to: Aeolians

Aeolian colonization
Aeolic Greek dialect
borders Ionia
Mysia
coastType Aegean coast of Anatolia
linked to: Aegean coast
colonizedBy Aeolian Greeks from mainland Greece
culturalTradition Greek polytheism
ethnicGroup Aeolians
hasCity Aigai
Cymē
Gryneion
Larisa
Myrina
Neonteichos
Pitane
Temnos
hasIsland Hecatonnesi
Lesbos
Tenedos
linked to: Tenedos (Bozcaada)
hasTypeOfSettlement polis
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
knownFor Aeolian Greek settlements
coastal cities
nearby islands
language Aeolic Greek
locatedIn Anatolia
western Asia Minor
linked to: Western Anatolia
locatedOn Aegean Sea coast
linked to: Aegean coast
mentionedBy Herodotus
Pausanias
Strabo
modernRegionOverlap Aegean Region of Turkey
linked to: Aegean Region
modernTerritory Turkey
partOf Asia Minor
Greek world
linked to: Hellenic

ancient Greece cultural sphere
religiousCenter sanctuary of Apollo at Gryneion
underRuleOf Achaemenid Empire
Macedonian Empire
linked to: Macedon

Pergamon
Roman Empire
Roman Republic
Seleucid Empire

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Lesbos historicalRegion Aeolis
Aeolic Greek spokenIn Aeolis
Mysia hasSubregion Aeolis
Aeolians settledIn Aeolis
Aeolians migratedTo Aeolis in Asia Minor
linked to: Aeolis
Aeolians associatedRegion Aeolis
Aeolis Palus namedAfter Aeolis
Aeolis quadrangle namedAfter Aeolis (region of ancient Greece)
linked to: Aeolis