Aeolus of Aeolia
In Greek mythology, Aeolus[1] (/iːˈoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Αἴολος, Aiolos [a͜ɪ́olos], Modern Greek: [ˈe.o.los] (
listen) means "quick-moving, nimble") was the ruler of Aeolia (later called Thessaly) and held to be the founder of the Aeolic branch of the Greek nation.
Contents
1 Mythology
2 Genealogy of Hellenes
3 Notes
4 References
Mythology
Aeolus was the son of Hellen and the nymph Orseis, and a brother of Dorus, Xuthus, Xenopatra[2], and, in some sources, of Amphictyon (who is otherwise a brother of Hellen).[3] He married Enarete, daughter of Deimachus (otherwise unknown). Aeolus and Enarete had many children, although the precise number and identities of these children vary from author to author in the ancient sources.[4] Laodice was also called her wife who mothered his sons, Cretheus and Salmoneus[5] while others mentioned a certain Iphis, daughter of Peneus, as the mother of Salmoneus.[6]
The great extent of country which this race occupied, and the desire of each part of it to trace its origin to some descendant of Aeolus, probably gave rise to the varying accounts about the number of his children. Some scholars contend that the most ancient and genuine story told of only four sons of Aeolus: Sisyphus, Athamas, Cretheus, and Salmoneus, as the representatives of the four main branches of the Aeolic race.[7] Other sons included Deioneus, Perieres, Cercaphus[8], Magnes, Macedon, and Aethlius. Another son is named Mimas, who provides a link to the third Aeolus in a genealogy that seems very contrived. Calyce, Peisidice, Perimede and Alcyone were counted among the daughters of Aeolus and Enarete.[9]
This Aeolus also had an illegitimate daughter named Arne, begotten on Melanippe, daughter of the Centaur Chiron. This Arne became the mother of the second Aeolus, by the god Poseidon.
| Relation | Names | Sources | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Sch. on) Homer | Hesiod | Hom. Hymns | Hellanicus | Euripides | Apollonius | Ovid | Strabo | Diodorus | Apollodorus | Hyginus | Pausanias | Clement | Stephanus | |||
Parents | Hellen and Orseis | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Hellen | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Zeus | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Spouse | Enarete | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Aegiale | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Laodice | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Iphis | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Children | Xuthus | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Cretheus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Sisyphus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| Athamas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Salmoneus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Perieres | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Macar or Macareus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Macedon | ✓[10] | |||||||||||||||
| Minyas | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Deion | ✓[11] | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Alcyone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Cercaphus | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Canace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Arne or Melanippe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Magnes | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Pisidice | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Calyce | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Perimede | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Antiope | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Aethlius | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Tanagra | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Ceyx | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Iope | ✓ | |||||||||||||||
Genealogy of Hellenes
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Notes
^ Chaucer's Eolus (de Weever, Jacqueline (1996). Chaucer Name Dictionary, s.v. "Eolus". (Garland Publishing) Retrieved on 2009-10-06
^ Hellanicus in scholia on Plato, Symposium, 208 (p. 376)
^ Smith, William. "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology". The Ancient Library. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, 1.7.3; Scholium on Pindar's Pythian Ode iv. 190. In the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women (fr. 10(a)), his children are: Cretheus, Athamas, Sisyphus, Salmoneus, Deioneus, Perieres, Peisidice, Alcyone, Calyce, Canace and Perimede; one other son's name, perhaps Magnes, is lost in a lacuna.
^ Scholia on Homer. Odyssey, 11.235
^ Hellanicus in scholia on Plato, Symposium, 208 (p. 376)
^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1864), "Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, p. 35
^ Strabo. Geographica, 9.5.18
^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.7.3
^ Macedon was only mentioned as the son of Aeolus, not naming Iphis as his mother.
^ not clearly stated but as suggested by the passage, Cephalus, the grandson of Aeolus which directs to him.
References
Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
