AEOLIS (AEOLIA)  , an ancient district of Asia Minor, colonized at a very early date by Aeolian Greeks . The name was applied to the coast from the river Hermus to the promontory of Lectum, i.e. between Ionia to S. and Troas to N . The Aeolians founded twelve cities on the mainland, including Cyme, and numerous towns in Mytilene: they were said also to have settled in the Troad and even within the Hellespont .