Aeolus (ē`ələs), in Greek mythology.

1 The wind god. He lived on the island of Aeolia, where he kept the winds in a cave.

2 Son of Hellen Hellen , in Greek mythology, ancestor of the Hellenes, or Greeks; son of Deucalion and Pyrrha. He was the father of Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, who were the progenitors of the principal nations of the Greeks—the Dorians, the Ionians, the Achaeans, and the Aeolians.
..... Click the link for more information. and ancestor of the Aeolian branch of the Hellenic race.

Aeolus

Greek god of the winds. In the Odyssey Homer represents Aeolus as the mortal ruler of the floating island of Aeolia. He gives Odysseus a favourable wind for his voyage and a bag in which the unfavourable winds are confined, but Odysseus's careless companions open the bag, releasing the winds and driving their ship back to shore. Later writers depicted Aeolus as a minor god rather than a human being. The Aeolian harp is named for him.

Aeolus

god of the winds. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 9]

See : Air

Aeolus

steward of winds; gives bag of winds to Odysseus. [Gk. Myth: Kravitz, 10; Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

See : Wind

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No references found	Thence we went on to the Aeolian island where lives Aeolus son of Hippotas, dear to the immortal gods. The Odyssey by Homer View in context Hellen had three sons, Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, parents of the Dorian, Ionic and Aeolian races, and the offspring of these was then detailed. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context But in each of these stout bags, King Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, had tied up a tempest, and had given it to Ulysses to keep in order that he might be sure of a favorable passage homeward to Ithaca; and when the strings were loosened, forth rushed the whistling blasts, like air out of a blown bladder, whitening the sea with foam, and scattering the vessels nobody could tell whither. Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	Aeken, Jerom van Ælfric Aelian Aello Harpy; aelophilous Aelosomatidae Aeluropus Aemilian Way Aemilius Aeneas Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Aeneid Aeneolithic Aenesidemus Aengus aenigmatite Aenon Aeolia aeolian Aeolian Harp Aeolian Islands Aeolians Aeolis aeolotropic aeolotropy Aeolus aeon AEP Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodosius Aepophilidae Aepyornis Aepyornithidae Aepyornithiformes Aepytus Aequi aequorin Aerarium aerate aerated concrete aerated flow aerated plastic aerating agent aeration aeration cell Aeration of Buildings Aeration of Water aeration tank Aerator aerator fitting aerenchyma	Aeolian mode Æolian mode Aeolian modes aeolian tone Aeolians Aeolians Aeolic Aeolic Aeolic dialect Aeolic Greek Aeoline Aeolipile AEolipile lamp Aeolis Aeolis Aeoliscus strigatus aeolism AEOLIUS Aeolopila Aeolos Aeolos Æolos Æolos aeolotropic aeolotropic Aeolotropy Aeolotropy Aeolotropy Aeolsharfe Aeolsharfe Aeolus Æolus Æolus AEOM aeon aeon aeon aeon ÆON ÆON ÆON Aeon Flux Aeon Genesis Translation Proclamation Aeon of strife aeonian Aeonium Aeonium haworthii Aeons Aeons AEOO AEOOW AEOP AEOR AEOS AEOSA AEOSC AEOSS AEOT AEOWS Aeoz AEP

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Thence we went on to the Aeolian island where lives Aeolus son of Hippotas, dear to the immortal gods.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

Hellen had three sons, Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, parents of the Dorian, Ionic and Aeolian races, and the offspring of these was then detailed.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

But in each of these stout bags, King Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, had tied up a tempest, and had given it to Ulysses to keep in order that he might be sure of a favorable passage homeward to Ithaca; and when the strings were loosened, forth rushed the whistling blasts, like air out of a blown bladder, whitening the sea with foam, and scattering the vessels nobody could tell whither.

Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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