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Poetical, pertaining to the Muses. The Muses, according to Grecian mythology, dwelt in Aõnʹia, that part of Bœoʹtia which contains Mount Helʹicon and the Musesʹ Fountain. Thomson calls the fraternity of poets.
“The Aonian hive
Who praised are, and starve right merrily.”
Castle of Indolence, ii. 3.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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