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Aeolus

[ ee-uh-luhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. the ruler of the winds.
  2. the eponymous founder of the Aeolian nation.


Aeolus

/ iːˈəʊləs; ˈiːələs /

noun

  1. the god of the winds
  2. the founding king of the Aeolians in Thessaly


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She was daughter of Salmoneus and wife of Cretheus the son of Aeolus.

Aeolus played us a pretty trick when he sent such a blast out of a cloudless sky.

The bugle-call of old Aeolus again sounded, and the three friends rose and proceeded towards the house.

Aeolus thus returned: 'Thine, O queen, the task to search whereto thou hast desire; for me it is right to do thy bidding.

I do not allow therefore that Aeolus is wholly mythical, nor the wanderings of Odysseus generally.

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