2006-09-13 14:49:39 · 9 answers · asked by jeezlou1se 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Aeolus, the god of wind. It definitely wasn't Poseidon. In the Odyssey, Poseidon wants to keep Odysseus from returning home, but Aeolus takes pity on Odysseus and lends him the East wind to blow in his sails and help him home.
2006-09-13 14:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Kelly W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ãolus lived on the floating island of Aeolia and was visited by Odysseus and his crew in the Odyssey. He gave hospitality for a month and provided for a west wind to carry them home. Unfortunately he also provided a gift of a bag containing each of the four winds, which Odysseus's crew members opened just before their home was reached. They were blown back to Aeolia, where Ãolus refused to provide any further help. (Odyssey X, 2; Virgil I, 52). This Ãolus was perceived by later authors (i.e., after Homer) as a god, rather than as a mortal and simple Keeper of the Winds (as in the Odyssey).
In Roman mythology, this Ãolus also instigates a storm at the request of Juno (Hera) at the beginning of the Aeneid.
2006-09-15 00:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by goldenkhalil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odysseus used a bag of wind, given to him by the wind god, Aeolus (or however it is spelt), he used that to fill his sails, but unfortunately the bag didn't contain the wind to take him home
2006-09-13 22:30:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poseidon
2006-09-13 21:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by d2pain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aeolus (yes, it's greek)
2006-09-13 21:51:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was Poseidon i know all about that crap.
2006-09-13 21:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by thinktink_n_pink 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neptune
2006-09-13 21:54:06 · answer #7 · answered by nyot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its myth don't believe that crap
2006-09-13 21:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by Azul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HALATOSIUS
2006-09-13 21:52:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋