Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Æoliæ Insulæ

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​Æoliæ Insulæ, the modern Lipari Islands, a group of islands between Italy and Sicily. They are so called from Æolus, the god of the winds, who was supposed to rule over them; but they are also frequently termed Insulæ Vulcaniæ, or Hephæstiæ, from their volcanic eruptions, and Insulæ Lipareorum, from Lipara (modern Lipari), the chief of the group. According to Pliny, the other islands are Hiera, now Vulcano; Strongyle, nor Stromboli; Didyme, now Salina; Phænicusa, now Felicudi; Euonymus, probably Panaria; and Ericusa, now Alicudi. Besides these there are several small islets. Homer mentions only one Æolian island (Od. x. 1).

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