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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aeolus'''<ref>Chaucer's ''Eolus'' ([http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/E/eolus.htm de Weever, Jacqueline (1996). ''Chaucer Name Dictionary'', ''s.v.'' "Eolus". (Garland Publishing)] Retrieved on 2009-10-06</ref> ({{IPAc-en|iː|ˈ|oʊ|l|ə|s}}; {{lang-grc|Αἴολος|Aíolos}} {{IPA-grc|ǎi̯.o.los|}}, {{Lang-ell|{{IPA-el|ˈe.o.los||Ell-Aiolos.ogg}}|lit=quick-moving, nimble}}){{cn|date=June 2022}} is a name shared by three mythical characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. [[Diodorus Siculus]] made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear that he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.<ref name="dgrbm">{{Citation|last=Schmitz|first=Leonhard|contribution=Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=William|title=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=35|year=1864|contribution-url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-date=2013-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009062306/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aeolus'''<ref>Chaucer's ''Eolus'' ([http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/E/eolus.htm de Weever, Jacqueline (1996). ''Chaucer Name Dictionary'', ''s.v.'' "Eolus". (Garland Publishing)] Retrieved on 2009-10-06</ref> ({{IPAc-en|iː|ˈ|oʊ|l|ə|s}}; {{lang-grc|Αἴολος|Aíolos}} {{IPA-grc|ǎi̯.o.los|}}, {{Lang-ell|{{IPA-el|ˈe.o.los||Ell-Aiolos.ogg}}|lit=quick-moving, nimble}}){{cn|date=June 2022}} is a name shared by three mythical characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. [[Diodorus Siculus]] made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear that he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.<ref name="dgrbm">{{Citation|last=Schmitz|first=Leonhard|contribution=Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=William|title=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=35|year=1864|contribution-url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-date=2013-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009062306/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* The first [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Hellen]] and the [[eponym]]ous founder of the [[Aeolians|Aeolian]] race.<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Daeolus-bio-2 s.v. Aeolus 1]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.7.3 1.7.3].</ref> |
* The first [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Hellen]] and the [[eponym]]ous founder of the [[Aeolians|Aeolian]] race.<ref>Parada, s.v. Aeolus 1; Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Daeolus-bio-2 s.v. Aeolus 1]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.7.3 1.7.3].</ref> |
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* The second [[Aeolus (son of Poseidon)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Poseidon]], who led a colony to islands in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]]. |
* The second [[Aeolus (son of Poseidon)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Poseidon]], who led a colony to islands in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]]. |
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* The third [[Aeolus (Odyssey)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Hippotes]] who is mentioned in ''[[Odyssey]]'' and the ''[[Aeneid]]'' as the Keeper of the [[Anemoi|Winds]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 10.2</ref> |
* The third [[Aeolus (Odyssey)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Hippotes]] who is mentioned in ''[[Odyssey]]'' and the ''[[Aeneid]]'' as the Keeper of the [[Anemoi|Winds]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 10.2</ref> |
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In Greek mythology, Aeolus[1] (/iːˈoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Αἴολος, romanized: Aíolos [ǎi̯.o.los], Greek: [ˈe.o.los] , lit. 'quick-moving, nimble')[citation needed] is a name shared by three mythical characters. These three personages are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. Diodorus Siculus made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear that he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.[2]
- The first Aeolus was a son of Hellen and the eponymous founder of the Aeolian race.[3]
- The second Aeolus was a son of Poseidon, who led a colony to islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- The third Aeolus was a son of Hippotes who is mentioned in Odyssey and the Aeneid as the Keeper of the Winds.[4]
All three men named Aeolus appear to be connected genealogically, although the precise relationship, especially regarding the second and third Aeolus, is often ambiguous as their identities seem to have been merged by many ancient writers.
Aeolus was also the name of the following minor characters:
- Aeolus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was killed by Parthenopaeus.[5]
- Aeolus, a Trojan companion of Aeneas in Italy, where he was killed by Turnus, King of the Rutulians. Aeolus was the father of Clytius and Misenus.[6]
Notes
- ^ Chaucer's Eolus (de Weever, Jacqueline (1996). Chaucer Name Dictionary, s.v. "Eolus". (Garland Publishing) Retrieved on 2009-10-06
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1864), "Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 35, archived from the original on 2013-10-09, retrieved 2007-10-25
- ^ Parada, s.v. Aeolus 1; Smith, s.v. Aeolus 1; Apollodorus, 1.7.3.
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 10.2
- ^ Parada, s.v. Aeolus 5; Statius, Thebaid 9.765–767.
- ^ Parada, s.v. Aeolus 4; Virgil, Aeneid 6.162–164, 9.774, :12.542–547. Describing this Aeolus as "otherwise unknown to fame", Thomas, pp. 278–280, points out textual parallels between Aeneid 12.542–547 (Aeolus' apostrophe), and Achilles' aristeia in Iliad, book 20, and suggests that "Vergil's Aeolus symbolizes the figure he mirrors so markedly, the Homeric Aineias".
References
- Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae, in The Myths of Hyginus, edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. Online version at ToposText.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
- Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Statius, Statius with an English Translation by J. H. Mozley, Volume II, Thebaid, Books V–XII, Achilleid, Loeb Classical Library No. 207, London: William Heinemann, Ltd., New York: G. P. Putnamm's Sons, 1928. ISBN 978-0674992283. Internet Archive.
- Thomas, Richard. F., "The Isolation of Turnus, Aeneid, book 12", in Vergil's Aeneid: Augustan Epic and Political Context, Hans-Peter Stahl (ed.), Classical Press of Wales, pp. 271–303. ISBN 978-1-905125-33-3.
- Virgil, Aeneid, Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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