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 Aeolians
surface form: Aeolian Greeks

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

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

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
this entity surface form: Aeolis in Asia Minor
Aeolians associatedRegion Aeolis
Aeolis Palus namedAfter Aeolis
Aeolis quadrangle namedAfter Aeolis
this entity surface form: Aeolis (region of ancient Greece)