Add to bookbag
Title: Eolians
Original Title: Eolians
Volume and Page: Vol. 5 (1755), p. 739
Author: Denis Diderot (biography)
Translator: Patrick Day [University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire]
Subject terms:
Geography
Ancient history
Original Version (ARTFL): Link
Rights/Permissions:

This text is protected by copyright and may be linked to without seeking permission. Please see http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/terms.html for information on reproduction.

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.468
Citation (MLA): Diderot, Denis. "Eolians." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Patrick Day. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2005. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.468>. Trans. of "Eolians," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5. Paris, 1755.
Citation (Chicago): Diderot, Denis. "Eolians." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Patrick Day. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.468 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Eolians," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 5:739 (Paris, 1755).

Eolians, peoples of Greece, named for Eole, son of Hellen. They entered Asia Minor, and settled in Mysia, whose name they changed to Eolia . See Eolia.