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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 258 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AEOLUS , in See also:

Greek See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, according to See also:

HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer the son of Hippotes, See also:

GOD

god and See also:

FATHER

father of the winds, and ruler of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Aeolia. In the Odyssey (x. 1) he entertains See also:

ODYSSEUS (in Latin Ulixes, incorrectly written Ulysses)

Odysseus, gives him a favourable See also:

wind to help him on his See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, and a bag in whichthe unfavourable winds have been confined. Out of curiosity, or with the See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea that it contains valuable treasures, Odysseus' companions open the bag; the winds See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape and drive them back to the island, whence Aeolus dismisses them with See also:

BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter reproaches. According to See also:

Virgil, Aeolus dwells on one of the Aeolian islands to the See also:

north of See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, Lipara or Strongyle (Stromboli), where he keeps the winds imprisoned in a vast cavern (Virgil, Aen. i. 52). Another See also:

GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

genealogy makes him the son of See also:

POSEIDON

Poseidon and See also:

ARNE, THOMAS AUGUSTINE (1710-1778)

Arne, granddaughter of Hippotes, and a descendant of Aeolus, See also:

king of See also:

MAGNESIA

Magnesia in See also:

THESSALY

Thessaly, the mythical ancestor of the tribe of the Aeolians (Diodorus iv. 67).

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