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Aonian
Poetical, pertaining to the Muses. The Muses, according to
Grecian mythology, dwelt in Aonia, that part of Boetia which contains
Mount Helicon and the Muses' Fountain. Thomson calls the fraternity of
poets
The Aonian hive
Who praised are, and starve right merrily.
Castle of Indolence
, ii. 2.
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