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noun

Aeŏlus

gen. Aeŏli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
The god of the winds; son of Jupiter; and of Menalippa •
The god of the winds, son of Jupiter (or Hippotas) and of Menalippa, ruler of the islands between Italy and Sicily, where he kept the winds shut up in caverns, and, at the bidding of Jupiter, let them loose or recalled them, Verg. A. 1, 52: Aeolon Hippotaden, cohibentem carcere ventos, Ov. M. 14, 224. —
A king in Thessaly; son of Hellen and Doreïs; grandson of Deucalion
A king in Thessaly, son of Hellen and Doreïs, grandson of Deucalion, father of Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, etc., Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 585.
Perseus ID: n1263 Key: Aeolus