In Greek myth, Æolus, the fancied progenitor of the Æolians, appears as one of the three sons of Hellen. "Æolus is represented as having reigned in Thessaly: his seven sons were Kretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes and Perieres: his five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Peisidike, Calyce and Permede. The fables of this race seem to be distinguished by a constant introduction of the God Poseidon, as well as by an unusual prevalence of haughty and presumptuous attributes among the Æolid heroes, leading them to affront the gods by pretences of equality, and sometimes even by defiance." _G. Grote, History of Greece, part 1, chapter 6._ See, also, THESSALY, DORIANS AND IONIANS, and ASIA MINOR: THE GREEK COLONIES. ÆQUIANS, The. See OSCANS; also LATIUM; and ROME; B. C. 458. ÆRARIANS. Roman citizens who had no political rights. See CENSORS, ROMAN. ÆRARIUM, The. See FISCUS. ÆSOPUS INDIANS. See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. ÆSTII, or ÆSTYI, The. "At this point [beyond the Suiones] the Suevic Sea [the Baltic], on its eastern shore, washes the tribes of the Æstii, whose rites and fashions and styles of dress are those of the Suevi, while their language is more like the British. They worship the mother of the gods and wear as a religious symbol the device of a wild boar. ... They often use clubs, iron weapons but seldom. They are more patient in cultivating corn and other produce than might be expected from the general indolence of the Germans. But they also search the deep and are the only people who gather amber, which they call glesum."--"The Æstii occupied that part of Prussia which is to the north-east of the Vistula. ... The name still survives in the form Estonia." _Tacitus, Germany, translated by Church and Brodribb, with note._ See, also, PRUSSIAN LANGUAGE, THE OLD. ÆSYMNETÆ, An. Among the Greeks, an expedient "which seems to have been tried not unfrequently in early times, tor preserving or restoring tranquility, was to invest an individual with absolute power, under a peculiar title, which soon became obsolete: that of æsymnetæ. At Cuma, indeed, and in other cities, this was the title of an ordinary magistracy, probably of that which succeeded the hereditary monarchy; but when applied to an extraordinary office, it was equivalent to the title of protector or dictator." _C. Thirlwall, History of Greece, chapter 10._ ÆTHEL.--ÆTHELING. See ETHEL, and ADEL. ÆTHELBERT, ÆTHELFRITH, ETC. See ETHELBERT, etc. ÆTOLIA.--ÆTOLIANS.