Aeolus (son of Hellen)
Videos
In Greek mythology, Aeolus or Aiolos was the son of Hellen, the ruler of Aeolia, and the eponym of the Aeolians, one of the four main tribes of the Greeks. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, A
Hellen (bottom, centre-right), being presented with the twins Aeolus and Boeotus by a shepherd, in a depiction of the story of Melanippe from Euripides's lost play Melanippe Wise, on an Apulian volute krater, dating from the late fourth century BC.
Aeolus (son of Hippotes)
Videos
In Greek mythology, Aeolus, the son of Hippotes, was the ruler of the winds encountered by Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Aeolus was the king of the island of Aeolia, where he lived with his wife and si
Aeolus (son of Hellen)
…daughter Canace (or forced her to kill herself) because she had committed incest with her brother Macareus. This Aeolus was sometimes confused with the Aeolus who was the ruler of the winds. Aeolus was one of the central figures in the myths that were invented about the origins of the Greek people. He was the…
Aeolus
Aeolus by Alexandre Jacovleff shows Aeolus as an embodiment of Wind himself.
Juno asking Aeolus to release the winds, by François Boucher, 1769, Kimbell Art Museum.
Odysseus in the Cave of the Winds by Stradanus (possibly 1590-1599)