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Aeolus

father of Cretheus

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Read-only identity and editorial metadata.

Canonical name
Aeolus
Disambiguator
father of Cretheus
Kind
Character
Scope
Individual
Editorial note
Kept distinct from the registered Aeolus son of Hippotas because the current source provides no identity equation.

Aliases

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No aliases recorded.

Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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No presence observations in the processed scope.

Claims

2
·Remembered

Aeolus is Cretheus’s father.

See evidence text
“Cretheus the son of Aeolus”
·Remembered

Aeolus receives Ulysses hospitably and furthers him onward, but a hurricane carries him back out to sea.

See evidence text
“he then went on to Aeolus, who received him hospitably and furthered him on his way, but even so he was not to reach home, for to his great grief a hurricane carried him out to sea again”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

1
·Reported
“Cretheus the son of Aeolus”

Passage preview

Book 11 · Passage 18

‘The first I saw was Tyro. She was daughter of Salmoneus and wife of Cretheus the son of Aeolus. {94} She fell in love with the river Enipeus who is much the most beautiful river in the whole world. Once when she was taking a walk by his side as usual, Neptune, disguised as her lover, lay with her at the mouth of the river, and a huge blue wave arched itself like a mountain over them to hide both woman and god, whereon he loosed her virgin girdle and laid her in a deep slumber. When the god had accomplished the deed of love, he took her hand in his own and said, ‘Tyro, rejoice in all good will; the embraces of the gods are not fruitless, and you will have fine twins about this time twelve months. Take great care of them. I am Neptune, so now go home, but hold your tongue and do not tell any one.’