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Definition of Aonian

Aonian
Aonian A*o"ni*an ([asl]*[=o]"n[i^]*an), a. [From Aonia, a part of B[oe]otia, in Greece.] Pertaining to Aonia, in B[oe]otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.

Meaning of Aonian from wikipedia

- "intends to soar / Above the Aonian mount". Alexander Pope, in a similar gesture, says the bard must surp**** the "Aonian Maids". In a sonnet, the Italian...
- hidden ark that they first showed forth their mysteries, and with them the Aonian women secretly took paint rites. And they arra**** a gathering of their faithful...
- my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian Mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime. A selection...
- took pity in them and metamorphosed their dead bodies into comets. The Aonians then erected them a sanctuary near Orchomenus, where a propitiatory sacrifice...
- of sisters, and made Cadmos happy – Polydoros, the morning star of the Aonian nation, younger than rosy ch**** Semele. Upon the death of Cadmus, Pentheus...
- Apollo grants you above all his power of song, and Calliope willingly an Aonian lyre" III.24.4 IV.7.96 Micaela Janan, The Politics of Desire: Propertius...
- (and possibly also Medea), Ariadne, and Phaedra. The "woman beloved of the Aonian lyre" refers to Sappho. Knox (1995) 6. He also provides (p. 6, n. 9) a cautionary...
- given to Gallus in lines 64–73, describing how Gallus was taken into the Aonian mountains and presented with Hesiod's panpipes by the musician Linus. Tityrus...
- commander of the army of Meledor. Some two years have p****ed since the Aonian Lone Wolf came to your lands and defeated the Chaos-master in battle. Since...
- fosters it with rosy dew, Where her nymphs their sport pursue. Leave th' Aonian cave behind (Come, O come with willing mind!) And the Thespian rocks, whence...