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 Æolic Mode,Æon (Greek, aion), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Æ’olus,
 
in Roman mythology, was “god of the winds.”   1
   Æolian harp. The wind-harp. A box on which strings are stretched. Being placed where a draught gets to the strings, they utter musical sounds.   2
 


 Æolic Mode,Æon (Greek, aion), 

 
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