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aeolus
/iˈoʊləs/
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What does aeolus mean?
proper noun
- The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind.
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The Trojans, after a seven years’ voyage, set sail for Italy, but are overtaken by a dreadful storm, which Aeolus raises at the request of Juno.
Yet Aeolus would not be a murderer, But left that hateful office unto thee.
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The popular beliefs of classic antiquity regarding storms, thunder, and lightning, took shape in myths representing Vulcan as forging thunderbolts, Jupiter as flinging them at his enemies, Aeolus intrusting the winds in a bag to Aeneas, and the like.
… Subtilty and Craft, to Mercury; of Tempests and stormes, to Aeolus; and of other effects, to other Gods: insomuch as there was amongst the Heathen almost as great variety of …