Mortal · Character in Homer’s Odyssey
Aeolus
Keeper of all the winds
Genial and generous until luck turns; then he shuts the door.
He entertains Odysseus for a month and sends him off with every contrary wind tied up in an ox-hide bag. When the crew open it in sight of Ithaca and get blown back to his door, he throws them out as men the gods hate.
Bonds
- Aeolus host of Odysseus — hosts him a month, gives the winds
- Aeolus dwells in The Aeolian Isle — the brass-walled floating isle
Appears in
- Book X Aeolus, the Laestrigonians, and Circè
Scenes
- Aeolus’s Gift of Winds — Book X. Aeolus gives Odysseus bound winds
- Crew Opens the Bag — Book X. Crew looses winds while Odysseus sleeps
- Return to Aeolus — Book X. Odysseus admits fault, begs help
- Aeolus’s Refusal — Book X. Aeolus calls him god-hated, drives him off
- Tyro’s Line — Book XI. Odysseus meets Tyro, who bore Neleus
- Night of Shared Tales — Book XXIII. Penelope, Odysseus share their tales