Aeolus

Role: father of Macar · First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Aeolus was the son of Hellen, alongside Dorus and Xuthus. He was the father of Cretheus, Athamas, Sisyphus, Salmoneus, and Perieres; the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo also names Macar as his son, calling Lesbos “home of Macar, the son of Aeolus”.

Relationship record

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

• parent: Hellen “And from Hellen the war-loving king sprang Dorus and Xuthus and Aeolus delighting in horses.”
• siblings with Dorus “And from Hellen the war-loving king sprang Dorus and Xuthus and Aeolus delighting in horses.”
• siblings with Xuthus “And from Hellen the war-loving king sprang Dorus and Xuthus and Aeolus delighting in horses.”
• child: Cretheus “And the sons of Aeolus, kings dealing justice, were Cretheus, and Athamas, and clever Sisyphus, and wicked Salmoneus and overbold Perieres.”
• child: Athamas “And the sons of Aeolus, kings dealing justice, were Cretheus, and Athamas, and clever Sisyphus, and wicked Salmoneus and overbold Perieres.”
• child: Sisyphus “And the sons of Aeolus, kings dealing justice, were Cretheus, and Athamas, and clever Sisyphus, and wicked Salmoneus and overbold Perieres.”
• child: Salmoneus “And the sons of Aeolus, kings dealing justice, were Cretheus, and Athamas, and clever Sisyphus, and wicked Salmoneus and overbold Perieres.”
• child: Perieres “And the sons of Aeolus, kings dealing justice, were Cretheus, and Athamas, and clever Sisyphus, and wicked Salmoneus and overbold Perieres.”

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo

• child: Macar “Lesbos, home of Macar, the son of Aeolus”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.