👉 Okay, let’s tackle the wonderfully prickly little word – "arian." Now, before you reach for that pointy poodle-clip of fancy, let me assure you, it's not about fabulous Frenchies! Unless... maybe a very stylish poodle named Ariane is secretly commanding your schedule? 😂
Basically, and this might take a moment to unpack, an “arian” refers to someone or something belonging to the ancient Aeolian Greeks . Sounds impressive, right? Aeólus was this rather grumpy Thessolian wind spirit according to Homer. And, in really old Greek tradition (seriously, before everyone started obsessing with democracy – yawn!), your fate and who you were classed as, could be determined by a whiff of that Thessolian gale. So, if you were born during the right windy-moment, you might get saddled with being called an "arian." Think of it like inheriting a really weird, probably dusty, ancestral quirk, but instead of a thimble and a crocheted bonnet, it was your supposed connection to that blustery old wind. It wasn't a hugely common designation. There were Arianoi (those who followed the Aeolian practices) for example, and there were Aeolian dialects in Thessaly. The term has mostly fallen into historical obscurity, now more of a footnote in ancient Greek linguistics than anything you'd shout at a sporting event! You are far more likely to hear it in some very academic circles.
