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'''Aeolis''' ([[Ancient Greek]] '''Αιολίς''' '''''Aiolís''''') or '''Aeolia''' ([[Ancient Greek]] '''Αιολία''' '''''Aiolía''''') was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of [[Asia Minor]], mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly [[Lesbos]]), where the [[Aeolians|Aeolian]] [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of [[Mysia]] which bounded it to the north, [[Ionia]] to the south, and [[Lydia]] to the east. In early times, the Aeolians' twelve most important cities were independent, and formed a league: [[Cyme]] (also called [[Phriconis]]), [[Larissae]], [[Neonteichos]], [[Temnus]], [[Cilla]], [[Notium]], [[Aegiroessa]], [[Pitane (Aeolis)|Pitane]], [[Aegeaeae]], [[Myrina]], [[Gryneia]], and [[Smyrna]] ([[Herodotus]], 1.149).

According to Homer's description, [[Odysseus]], after his stay with the [[Cyclopes]], reached the island of [[Aiolos]], who provided him with the west wind [[Zephyr]].

===Natives of Aeolis===

*[[Autolycus of Pitane]]

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−	'''Aeolis''' ([[Ancient Greek]] '''Αιολίς''' '''''Aiolís''''') or '''Aeolia''' ([[Ancient Greek]] '''Αιολία''' '''''Aiolía''''') was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of [[Asia Minor]], mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly [[Lesbos]]), where the [[Aeolians\|Aeolian]] [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of [[Mysia]] which bounded it to the north, [[Ionia]] to the south, and [[Lydia]] to the east. In early times, the Aeolians' twelve most important cities were independent, and formed a league: [[Cyme]] (also called [[Phriconis]]), [[Larissae]], [[Neonteichos]], [[Temnus]], [[Cilla]], [[Notium]], [[Aegiroessa]], [[Pitane (Aeolis)\|Pitane]], [[Aegeaeae]], [[Myrina]], [[Gryneia]], and [[Smyrna]] ([[Herodotus]], 1.149).	+	'''Aeolis''' ([[Ancient Greek]] '''Αιολίς''' '''''Aiolís''''') or '''Aeolia''' ([[Ancient Greek]] '''Αιολία''' '''''Aiolía''''') was an area that comprised the west and northwestern region of [[Asia Minor]], mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly [[Lesbos]]), where the [[Aeolians\|Aeolian]] [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] city-states were located. Aeolis incorporated the southern parts of [[Mysia]] which bounded it to the north, [[Ionia]] to the south, and Lydia to the east. In early times, the Aeolians' twelve most important cities were independent, and formed a league: [[Cyme]] (also called [[Phriconis]]), [[Larissae]], [[Neonteichos]], [[Temnus]], [[Cilla]], [[Notium]], [[Aegiroessa]], [[Pitane (Aeolis)\|Pitane]], [[Aegeaeae]], [[Myrina]], [[Gryneia]], and [[Smyrna]] ([[Herodotus]], 1.149).

	According to Homer's description, [[Odysseus]], after his stay with the [[Cyclopes]], reached the island of [[Aiolos]], who provided him with the west wind [[Zephyr]].		According to Homer's description, [[Odysseus]], after his stay with the [[Cyclopes]], reached the island of [[Aiolos]], who provided him with the west wind [[Zephyr]].

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