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.
Pleiades (Greek mythology) or the loss of their siblings, the Hyades. In turn Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods, immortalized the sisters by placing them in the sky. There these seven stars formed the star cluster known thereafter as the Pleiades. The Greek poet Hesiod mentions the Pleiades several times in his "Works and Days". As the Pleiades are primarily winter stars, they feature prominently in the ancient agricultural calendar. Here is a bit of advice from Hesiod: The Pleiades would "flee mighty Orion and plunge into the misty deep" as they set in the West, which they would begin to do