"of Ionia," the districts of ancient Greece inhabited by the Ionians (including Attica and the north coast of the Peloponnesus, but especially the coastal strip of Asia Minor, including the islands of Samos and Chios). The name (which Herodotus credits to an ancestral Ion, son of Apollo and Creusa) probably is pre-Greek, perhaps related to Sanskrit yoni "womb, vulva," and a reference to goddess-worshipping people.
Also used of the sea that lies between Italy and the northern Peloponnesus (1630s). The musical Ionian mode (1844) corresponds to our basic major scale but was characterized by the Greeks as soft and effeminate, as were the Ionians generally.
The Ionians delighted in wanton dances and songs more than the rest of the Greeks ... and wanton gestures were proverbially termed Ionic motions. [Thomas Robinson, "Archæologica Græca," 1807]
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1. Book online the cheapest hotels in ionian islands - low prices and high discounts.
网上预定在爱奥尼亚群岛最便宜的酒店 - 价格优惠折扣多多.
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2. Inexplicable splendor of Ionian white and gold.
爱奥尼亚的皎洁与金色的辉煌.
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3. Pre - Socratic natural Philosopher, member of the Ionian School.
前苏格拉底自然哲学家, 伊奥尼亚学派成员.
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4. O Favourite, thou hast Ionian lips.
呵,宠儿, 你有爱奥尼亚人的嘴唇.
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5. A river of the Peloponnesus in southern Greece flowing about 113 km ( 70 mi ) to Ionian Sea.
