Aeolus

Aeolus , ī, m.: Aeolus. 1. The god who ruled over the winds, 1.52. 2. A follower of Aeneas from Lyrnesus, 12.542.

Aeŏlus, i, m., = Αἴολος.

• The god of the winds, son of Jupiter (or Hippotas) and of Menalippa, ruler of the islands between Italy and Sicily, where he kept the winds shut up in caverns, and, at the bidding of Jupiter, let them loose or recalled them, Verg. A. 1, 52: Aeolon Hippotaden, cohibentem carcere ventos, Ov. M. 14, 224. —
• II A king in Thessaly, son of Hellen and Doreïs, grandson of Deucalion, father of Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, etc., Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 585.

Aeolus u. (bei Dicht.) Aeolos, ī, m. (Αἴολος), I) Sohn des Hellen u. Enkel des Deukalion, Herrscher im thessal. Magnesia, Stammvater des äolischen Stammes, nach Hyg. fab. 238 u. 242 sq. Serv. Verg. Aen. 6, 585. – II) Sohn od. Enkel des Hippotes (dah. Hippotades gen. bei Ov. met. 14, 223 u. 224 [wo griech. Akk. Aeolon]), Beherrscher der nach ihm benannten äolischen (liparischen) Inseln (s. Aeolia no. II), nach der spätern Sage Beherrscher der Winde, s. Verg. Aen. 1, 52 sqq. u. dazu Serv. (nach Varro) – des Äolus Sitz nach Thrazien verlegt, Claud. rapt. Pros. 1, 70 sqq. – III) ein Trojaner, Verg. Aen. 12, 542. – IV) ein Böotier aus Thisbe, Stat. Theb. 9, 765 (wo griech. Akk. -on) u. 767 (wo Vok. Aeole). – Dav.: A) Aeolidēs, ae, m. (Αἰολίδης), der Äolide, a) (Nachkomme des Äolus no. I): α) Söhne = Sisyphus, Ov. met. 13, 26. Hor. carm. 2, 14, 20. – Athamas, Ov. met. 4, 541. – Salmoneus, Ov. Ib. 473. – β) Enkel = Cephalus (Sohn des Dëion), Ov. met. 7, 672. – Pyrixus (Sohn des Athamas), Val. Flacc. 1, 286. – Ulixes (dessen Mutter Antiklea vor der Verheiratung mit Laertes mit Sisyphus Umgang gehabt haben soll), Verg. Aen. 6, 529. – b) Nachkomme des Trojaners Äolus, Misenus Aeolides, Verg. Aen. 7, 164: Clytius Aeolides, Verg. Aen. 9, 774. – B) Aeolidae, ārum, eine Völkerschaft in Thessalien, Lucan. 6, 384. – C) Aeolis, idos, f. (Αἰολίς), a) die Äolide = weibl. Nachkomme des Äolus no. I, d.i. seine Tochter »Kanake«, Ov. her. 11, 5 u. 34, »Alkyone«, Ov. met. 11, 573. – b) (von Aeolus no. II) Aeolides insulae, s. Aeolia no. II. – D) Aeolius, a, um (Αἰόλιος), zu Äolus gehörig, des Äolus, a) zu Äolus no. I: postes, des Athamas, Ov.: senex, Sisyphus, Sen. poët.: vellus od. aurum, Val. Flacc., pecus, das goldene Vlies, Mart. – b) zu Äolus no. II: virgo, Arne, dessen Tochter, Ov.: tyrannus, v. Äolus, Ov.: antra, die Felsenhöhlen, in denen Äolus die Winde verschlossen hält, Ov.: pontus, das tyrrhenische Meer, Sil. (s. Aeolia no. II): insulae (s. Aeolia no. II), Plin.: procellae, Verg.

Æŏlus, ī, m. , ¶ 1 Éole [dieu des vents] : Virg. En. 1, 52 ; Ov. M. 14, 224 ¶ 2 [roi de Thessalie] : Serv. En. 6, 585.

aeolus, i. m.
風神。飛廉。

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Aeŏlus

(Αἰόλος). (1) The ruler of the winds, son of Hippotas and Melanippé, daughter of Chiron. He reigned over the Aeolian Islands, and made his residence at Strongylé, the modern Stromboli. The island was entirely surrounded by a wall of brass, and by smooth, precipitous rocks; and here he dwelt in continual joy and festivity, with his wife and his six sons and as many daughters. The island had no other tenants. The sons and daughters were married to each other, after the fashion set by Zeus and Heré. Odysseus came in the course of his wanderings to the island of Aeolus, and was hospitably entertained there for an entire month. On his departure, he received from Aeolus all the winds but Zephyrus, tied up in a bag of ox-hide. Zephyrus was favourable for his passage homeward. During nine days and nights the ships ran merrily before the wind; on the tenth they were within sight of Ithaca, when Odysseus, who had hitherto held the helm himself, fell asleep. His comrades, who fancied that Aeolus had given him treasure in the bag, opened it: the winds rushed out, and hurried them back to Aeolia. Judging, from what had befallen them, that they were hated by the gods, the ruler of the winds drove them with reproaches from his isle. The name Aeolus has been derived from αἰόλος, “varying,” “unsteady,” as a descriptive epithet of the winds.

(2) A son of Hellen, father of Sisyphus, Cretheus, and Athamas, and the mythic progenitor of the great Aeolic race.

Aeolus Aeolus, king of Aeolia

• keeper of the winds, gives Odysseus winds in a bag: Apollod. E.7.8

Aeolus(2), son of Hellen

• ancestor of the Aeolians: Apollod. 1.7.3
• islands of: Paus. 10.11.3ff.
• father of Aethlius: Paus. 5.8.2, of Cretheus: Paus. 4.2.5, of Macar: Paus. 10.38.4, of Magnes: Paus. 6.21.11, of Perieres: Paus. 6.22.2, and of Tanagra: Paus. 9.20.1
• father of Athamas: Hdt. 7.197, Apollod. 1.8.6
• of Sisyphus: Apollod. 1.9.2
• of Perieres: Apollod. 3.10.4