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Aulis

  (ô'lĭs)

An ancient port of east-central Greece in Boeotia. According to tradition, it was the embarkation point for the Greek fleet during the Trojan War.

Aulis, town of Boeotia in central Greece, celebrated as the place where the Greek fleet assembled for the expedition against Troy and where Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to Artemis to allay the contrary winds.

Aulis may be:

• in Greek mythology, Aulis was both
  • a daughter of King Ogyges and Thebe, and
  • a port in Boeotia where the Greek navy rallied before setting off against Troy
• in biology, Aulis is a genus of ladybird beetle

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