The Æolians soon made common cause with their neighbours the Ionians, and by the last days of autumn the whole of the Ægean littoral was under arms (499).
The other Greek towns were either taken by assault or voluntarily opened their gates, so that ere long both Ionians and Æolians were, with the exception of the Samians, under Persian rule.
And this opinion may not be unreasonable, for he may mean the country which in later times was inhabited by the Æolians and Ionians, but formerly by Amazons.
The Æolians then were dispersed over the whole country, which we have said the poet calls the Trojan country.
A body of Æolians who belonged to the expedition of Penthilus remained in the island.
Another seat of the Æolians was Ephyra, afterward known as Corinth, where the “wily Sisyphus” ruled.
In general, the Æolians sought maritime settlements in northern Greece, and the western side of the Peloponnesus.
Before authentic history begins, it was inhabited by a mixed population of Æolians and Ionians, the former of whom were dominant.
M310) Of these four divisions of the Hellenic race, the Æolians spread over northern Greece, and also occupied the western coast of the Peloponnesus and the Ionian islands.
The Æolians were followed, almost simultaneously, by the Dorians and Ionians, who pursued two widely divergent directions.
It was otherwise at Sparta, Teos, and apparently among the Æolians generally.
The Æolians appear to have been the earliest of the Greek races to make any considerable advance in culture.
Homer does not here mention Dorians by name, but means Æolians and Bœotians, since Hercules and Licymnius lived in Bœotia.
A learned digression on the Leleges, Cilices, and Pelasgi, who preceded the Æolians and Ionians in the occupation of the country, is principally taken from Menecrates and Demetrius of Skepsis.
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