Aeolus

//iˈoʊləs// name

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  1. 1
    The name of a number of characters in Greek mythology, including the founder of the Aeolian race, and a god with power over wind. Greek

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"Here in a vast cavern king Aeolus rules over the struggling winds and howling tempests, and restrains them in prison with fetters."

Etymology

From the Latin Aeolus, from the Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos, “moving, swift”).

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