Aeolians

E390887

ancient Greek tribe ethnic group

The Aeolians were one of the major ancient Greek tribal groups, known for their distinctive dialect and early settlements in regions such as Thessaly, Boeotia, and Aeolis in Asia Minor.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aeolians canonical	5
Aeolian Greeks	4
Aeolian family	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek tribe ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedIsland	Lesbos NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRegion	Aeolis ⓘ Boeotia ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek lyric poetry ⓘ surface form: Aeolic poetry lyric poetry tradition ⓘ
culturalInfluence	influence on Greek lyric poetry ⓘ
culturalSphere	ancient Greek world ⓘ
culture	Greek culture ⓘ
dialectGroupOf	Aeolic Greek dialects ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
historicalRole	contributors to Greek colonization of Asia Minor ⓘ
languageFamily	Hellenic languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature	retention of archaic Greek forms in Aeolic dialect ⓘ
mentionedBy	Herodotus ⓘ Strabo ⓘ
mentionedIn	ancient Greek historiography ⓘ
migratedTo	Aeolis ⓘ surface form: Aeolis in Asia Minor western coast of Asia Minor ⓘ
mythologicalAncestor	Aeolus ⓘ
neighboringGroups	Dorians ⓘ Ionians ⓘ
notableCity	Cyme (Aeolis) ⓘ Larissa ⓘ surface form: Larissa (Thessaly) Mytilene ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ surface form: Smyrna (early period)
oneOf	Dorians, Ionians, Aeolians triad ⓘ major ancient Greek tribal groups ⓘ
originatedIn	Thessaly ⓘ
partOf	ancient Greek tribal system ⓘ
politicalOrganization	city-states ⓘ
regionType	coastal settlements in Asia Minor ⓘ inland regions of mainland Greece ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
settledIn	Aeolis ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ Boeotia ⓘ Lesbos ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ northern Aegean islands ⓘ
spoke	Aeolic Greek ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ
usedDialect	Aeolic Greek ⓘ surface form: Aeolic dialect
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dorians → contrastWith → Aeolians ⓘ

Hellen → associatedTribe → Aeolians ⓘ

Aeolis → associatedWith → Aeolians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aeolian Greeks

Aeolis → ethnicGroup → Aeolians ⓘ

Ionians → majorGreekEthnosAlongside → Aeolians ⓘ

Aeolid → memberOf → Aeolians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aeolian family

Cretheus → ethnicGroup → Aeolians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aeolian Greeks

Assos → foundedBy → Aeolians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aeolian Greeks

Troad → ancientPeople → Aeolians ⓘ

Dorian → contrastedWith → Aeolians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aeolian Greeks