aeolus

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Definition von aeolus im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind

{i} (Greek Mythology) god of the winds

Greek god of the winds. In the Odyssey Homer represents Aeolus as the mortal ruler of the floating island of Aeolia. He gives Odysseus a favourable wind for his voyage and a bag in which the unfavourable winds are confined, but Odysseus's careless companions open the bag, releasing the winds and driving their ship back to shore. Later writers depicted Aeolus as a minor god rather than a human being. The Aeolian harp is named for him

god of the winds in ancient mythology

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Ae·o·lus

Etymologie

[ 'E-&-l&s ] (noun.) From the Latin Aeolus, from the Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aiolos).