Aeolus
Family: Aeolian · Role: ancestor of the Aeolids · First appears: Book III 3
Life events
- Hera dispatches Iris to secure favorable winds for the Argonauts’ passage.(Book IV 6)
- With: Hera Iris
- “Then go to Aeolus too, Aeolus who rules the winds, children of the clear sky; and to him also tell my purpose so that he may make all winds cease under heaven and no breeze may ruffle the sea; yet let the breath of the west wind blow until the heroes have reached the Phaeacian isle of Alcinous.”
- Iris delivers Hera’s orders to Aeolus concerning the winds.(Book IV 6)
Book III 3
- child: Cretheus “For Cretheus and Athamas were both sons of Aeolus”
- child: Athamas “For Cretheus and Athamas were both sons of Aeolus”
- younger kin: Phrixus “For Cretheus and Athamas were both sons of Aeolus; and Phrixus was the son of Athamas, son of Aeolus.”
Book III 8
- child: Minyas “yet there is a story that Minyas starting thence, Minyas son of Aeolus, built long ago the city of Orchomenus that borders on the Cadmeians.”
Book IV 6
- parent: Hippotas “Aeolus, the famous son of Hippotas.”
Book IV 7
- employer: Hera “and that Aeolus, son of Hippotas, will check his swift rushing winds, all but the steady west wind”
- parent: Hippotas “and that Aeolus, son of Hippotas, will check his swift rushing winds”
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Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.