Aeolian harp

== English == === Alternative forms === æolian harp (archaic) aeolian harp === Etymology === Refers to Aeolus, who in Greek mythology was said to control the winds. === Noun === Aeolian harp (plural Aeolian harps) (music) An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them. 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, [1] […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices. ==== Synonyms ==== wind harp ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Glossary of chordophones === References === “Aeolian harp, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.