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 and the Near East. Adonis seems to be the Greek counterpart—more clearly in cult than in myth—of a Near Eastern "dying god". Cybele is rooted in Anatolian culture while much of Aphrodite's iconography may spring from Semitic goddesses. There are also possible parallels between the earliest divine generations (Chaos and its children) and Tiamat in the "Enuma Elish". According to Meyer Reinhold, "near Eastern theogonic concepts, involving divine succession through violence and generational conflicts for power, found their way ... into Greek mythology". In addition to Indo-European and Near Eastern origins, some scholars have speculated on the debts of Greek