Eolia, Missouri Eolia, Missouri Eolia is a village in Pike County, Missouri, United States. The population was 522 at the 2010 census. Eolia was platted in 1881 along the railroad line. The community was named for Aeolus, the ruler of winds in Greek mythology. A post office called Eolia has been in operation since 1881. The Griffith-McCune Farmstead Historic District and St. John's Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eolia is located at (39.238501, -91.012497). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Greek mythology Nereids (who inhabited the sea), river gods, Satyrs, and others. In addition, there were the dark powers of the underworld, such as the Erinyes (or Furies), said to pursue those guilty of crimes against blood-relatives. In order to honor the Ancient Greek pantheon, poets composed the Homeric Hymns (a group of thirty-three songs). Gregory Nagy regards "the larger Homeric Hymns as simple preludes (compared with "Theogony"), each of which invokes one god". The gods of Greek mythology are described as having essentially corporeal but ideal bodies. According to Walter Burkert, the defining characteristic of Greek anthropomorphism is that "the Greek