Greek Myth Trading Cards: Aeolus: 2015

Sunday, June 7, 2015

The back of our card

The front of our card

The third Aeolus
Son of Mimas (the son of the first Aeolus)
Aeolus lived on the floating island of Aeolia and was visited by Odysseus and his men in the Odyssey
He gave them a bag containing the four winds to ensure smooth sailing
Odysseus's crew members greedily opened it and they were blown back to Aeolia where Aeolus refuses to further help them

The first Aeolus
Son of Hellen and the nymph, Orseis
Founder of the Aeolian race
Brother of Dorus, Xuthus and Amphictyon
Married Enarete, daughter of Deimachus
Ruler of Aeolia
Had 9 sons: Crethus, Sisyphus, Deioneus, Salmoneus, Athamas, Perieres, Cercaphas, Mimas, and Magnes
5 daughters: Calyce, Peisidice, Perimele, Alcyone and Arne
Arne was his illegitimate (born by parents that aren't married) daughter, she was the daughter of Melanippe and not Enarete
Melanippe is the daughter of the centaur, Chiron

The second Aeolus
Son of Poseidon and Arne (daughter of (the first) Aeolus)
The twin brother of Boeotus
Arne told her father that she had a child with Poseidon
He did not believe her
Gave her to Metapontus, King of Icaria (who already had a wife, Autolyte (who Aeolus and Boeotus then killed))
Boeotus and Arne fleed to southern Thessaly and founded Boeotia
Aeolus fleed to a group of islands around the Tyrrhenian Sea
He named them Aeolian islands
Had six sons and daughters
Were all very happy until it was found out that his son, Marcareus and his daughter, Canace were having a child (together)
Aeolus expels Marcareus
Canace commits suicide of shame
Some say that Aeolus fed the child to the dogs
Others say that the child, a daughter named Amphrissa, was rescued and later loved by Apollo

A quick intro to Aeolus...