Aeolus
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek God of the winds, also king of
the winds. In Homer's Odyssey, Aeolus helped the
hero Odysseus by imprisoning the winds in a huge
leather bag, leaving only the west wind free to blow
the ships of Odysseus homeward to Ithaca. When
the ships were near home, Odysseus fell asleep from
exhaustion. The restless, curious crew of the ship
opened the bag. The winds escaped and blew all the
ships away from Ithaca and back toward the island
of Lipara, where Aeolus lived. Aeolus was angry and
refused to help Odysseus further.