AEOLIAN HARP

musical instrument, consisting of strings of gut or silk stretched on box of thin deal or pine on which the wind is allowed to play; name deZZ0LIANS, branch of Gk. race founded by Molus (q.v.); originated in The aly, whence spread N. and S. and emigrated into Asia Minor. ZZOLUS (cla ical myth.) god of winds who dwelt in Alolian isle where he kept winds confined in caves; (2) king of of Aolians, ZZON, a word meaning ‘age’ or ‘eternity’ denoting an infinite period of time: also a being that lives for ever. The Gnostics use the term to indicate manifestations from God i.e. spirits which form a separate existence having influence over phases of the world’s progre ion,