Aeŏlus, i, m., = Αἴολος.
I 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. —
II A king in Thessaly , son of Hellen and Doreïs , grandson of Deucalion , father of Sisyphus , Athamas , Salmoneus , etc., Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 585.