Aeolus : (1) king of Magnesia in Thessaly, son of Helen, & father of Sisyphus (q.v.). He founded the Aeolian branch of his tribe. (2) In Homer, controller of the winds & ruler of the floating island of Aeolia.
... where no eye can pursue him, Instincts of men discover their foe and like hounds in the darkness Bay at a danger hid. No silence of servitude trembling Trains to bondage sons of the race of whom Aeolus father Storm-voiced was and free, nor like other groupings of mortals Moulded we were by Zeus, but supremely were sifted and fashioned. Other are Danaus' sons and other the lofty Achaians: Chainless ...
... delicate pigments bleared by storm, The gorgeous colouring of thy name Is losing gloss and form. "The night-wind in thy yawning dome Has made her nest alive with song, The humming wasps of Aeolus roam Low-flying in a throng: The thunder like a flying stork Clangs hoarsely but aloof, And lightning with his vermil fork Has written on thy roof. The lion lodges in thy gate, The ...
... creatures. At other times he was well received in unknown places and was offered gifts. The wandering took Odysseus to the Lotus-eaters, to the country of Page 23 Cyclope, to the Island of Aeolus, to the island of Circe, to the Sirens island, and thereafter passed through the channel between Scylla and Charybdis. The next stop was the Island of Calypso and then, to the island of the Phaeacians ...
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