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LIPARI ISLANDS (anc. AibXov vijaoc, or Aeoliae Insulae) , a See also:

group of volcanic islands N. of the eastern portion of See also:Sicily. They are seven in number—Lipari (Lipara, pop. in 19o1, 15,290), Stromboli (Strongyle), See also:Salina (Didyme, pop. in 1901, 4934), Filicuri (Phoenicusa), Alicuri (Ericusa), Vulcano (Hiera, Therasia or Thermissa), the mythical See also:abode of See also:Hephaestus, and Panaria (See also:Euonymus). The See also:island of Aiolie, the See also:home of Aiolos, See also:lord of the winds, which Ulysses twice visited in his wanderings, has generally been identified with one of this group. A See also:colony of Cnidians and Rhodians was established on Lpara in 580—577 B.C1 The inhabitants were allied with the Syracusans, and were attacked by the Athenian See also:fleet in 427 B.C., and by the Carthaginians in 397 B.C., while See also:Agathocles plundered a See also:temple on Lipara in 301 B.C. During the Punic See also:wars the islands were a Carthaginian See also:naval station of some importance until the See also:Romans took See also:possession of them in 252 B.C. Sextus Pompeius also used them as a naval See also:base. Under the See also:Empire the islands served as a See also:place of banishment for See also:political prisoners. In the See also:middle ages they frequently changed hands. The island of Lipari contains the See also:chief See also:town (See also:population in 1901, 5855), which bears the same name and had municipal rights in See also:Roman times. It is the seat of a See also:bishop. It is fertile and contains See also:sulphur springs and vapour See also:baths, which were known and used in See also:ancient times.

Pumicestone is exported. Stromboli, 22 M. N.E. of Lipari, is a constantly active See also:

volcano, ejecting See also:gas and See also:lava at brief intervals, and always visible at See also:night. Salina, 3 M. N.W. of Lipari, consisting of the cones of two See also:extinct volcanoes, that on the S.E., See also:Monte Salvatore (3155 ft.), being the highest point in the islands, is the most fertile of the whole group and produces See also:good See also:Malmsey See also:wine: it takes its name from the See also:salt-See also:works on the See also:south See also:coast. Vulcano, m. 1 See also:Greek coins of the Lipari Islands are preserved in the museum at See also:Cefalu. S. of Lipari, contains a still smoking See also:crater. Sulphur works were started in 1874, but have since been abandoned. See See also:Archduke See also:Ludwig Salvator of See also:Austria, See also:Die Liparischen Inseln, 8 vols. (for private circulation) (See also:Prague, 1893 seqq.).

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