Aeolians

A sub-group of Hellenic peoples who colonized the NW coast of Asia Minor and the islands of the N Aegean (eg Lesbos) towards the end of the second millennium BC.

Originating in Thessaly, they moved their location when the Dorians were attacking the Achaeans and then abandoned most of the Mycenaean territories. The Aeolians took over some of the abandoned territory and built the cities of Delphi and a few cities on islands near Asia Minor as well as helping the Ionians build Athens. They began building these cities well after the Mycenaeans were defeated, and gave rise to the Aeolian dialect of the Greek language.