Aeolians

The Aeolians ( ancient Greek Αἰολεῖς ) Aiolier or Aeolians were in addition to the Achaeans, Dorians and Ionians one of the tribes of the ancient Greeks before their entry into the ancient history. The language of the Aeolians Aeolic was the Greek.

The name derives from Aeolus, one of the three sons of Hellen, the mythical ancestor of all the Greeks, with the nymph Orseis. Aiolos ' brother Doros was the progenitor of the Dorians, his nephew Achaeus and Ion the ancestors of the Achaeans and Ionians of.

Initially settled the Aeolians in Thessaly and later occupy the territories of the Mycenaeans, who had been defeated by the Dorians. The Aeolians founded cities on islands close to Asia Minor and settled in the area in northwestern Asia Minor, which was later referred to as Aeolian.