Aeolus

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.7

🌐 Also appears in: The Odyssey (as Aeolus) · The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Æolus)

Aeolus was the son of Hellen and the nymph Orseis. He married Enarete, daughter of Deimachus, and had seven sons—Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, and Perieres—as well as five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, and Perimede. When Hellen divided the country among his sons, Aeolus received his share and established the name of his people.

Zeus appointed Aeolus keeper of the winds. At the island of Aeolia, Odysseus’s comrades released the winds and were driven back; when Odysseus returned and begged for a fair wind, Aeolus refused further aid, saying that “he could not save him when the gods opposed.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Hellen divided the country among Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, establishing their peoples' names.(Apollodorus, Library 1.7)
  • With: Hellen Dorus Xuthus
  • “Those who were called Greeks he named Hellenes after himself, and divided the country among his sons.”
• Odysseus’s comrades released the winds, forcing his return; Aeolus then refused further aid.(Apollodorus, Epitome 7 · 📍 island of Aeolia)
  • With: Odysseus
  • “But his comrades, thinking he carried gold in the bag, loosed it and let the winds go free, and being swept away by the blasts they were driven back again. And having come to Aeolus, Ulysses begged that he might be granted a fair wind; but Aeolus drove him from the island, saying that he could not save him when the gods opposed.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.7

• parent: Hellen “Hellen had Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus by a nymph Orseis.”
• parent: Orseis “Hellen had Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus by a nymph Orseis.”
• married with Enarete “He married Enarete, daughter of Deimachus”
• child: Cretheus “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”
• child: Sisyphus “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”
• child: Athamas “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”
• child: Salmoneus “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”
• child: Deion “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”
• child: Magnes “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”
• child: Perieres “and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres”
• child: Canace “and five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, Perimede.”
• child: Alcyone “and five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, Perimede.”
• child: Pisidice “and five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, Perimede.”
• child: Calyce “and five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, Perimede.”
• child: Perimede “and five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, Perimede.”

Apollodorus, Epitome 7

• with Zeus (Zeus appointed Aeolus keeper of the winds.) “He was appointed by Zeus keeper of the winds”

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