Chapter Adrian to Æon of A by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

The hero of Virgil's epic. He carried his father Anchises on his shoulders from the flames of Troy. After roaming about for many years, he came to Italy, where he founded a colony which the Romans claim as their origin. The epithet applied to him is pius = pious, dutiful.

Æneid The epic poem of Virgil, (in twelve books). So called from Æneas and the suffix -is, plur. ides (belonging to).

"The story of Sinon," says Macrobius, "and the taking of Troy is borrowed from Pisander
"The loves of Dido and Æneas are taken from those of Medea and Jason, in Apollonius of Rhodes.
"The story of the Wooden Horse and burning of Troy is from Arctinus of Miletus."

Æolic Digamma An ancient Greek letter (F), sounded like our w. Thus oinos with the digamma was sounded woinos; whence the Latin vinum, our wine. Gamma, or g, hence digamma = double g.

Æolic Mode in music, noted for its simplicity, fit for ballads and songs. The Phrygian Mode was for religious music, as hymns and anthems.

Æolus in Roman mythology, was "god of the winds."

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.

Æon (Greek, aion), eternity, an immeasurable length of time; any being that is eternal. Basilides reckons there have been 365 such æons, or gods; but Valentinius restricts the number to 30. Sometimes written "eon."

In geology each series of rocks covers an æon, or an indefinite and immeasurable period of time.