person
Aeolus
also: Αἴολος, Ἱπποτάδης
Son of Hippotas, keeper of the winds on his floating island; he gives Odysseus a bag containing all the contrary winds, which his crew foolishly opens just before reaching Ithaca.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §10.1 Aeolus, son of Hippotas
Keeper of the winds on his floating island, who gives Odysseus a bag of contrary winds; opened by careless crewmen, it blows the fleet right back to Aeolus's own shore.