Aeolia

The mythical island where King Aeolus guarded over the winds and kept them locked in a cave. It was regarded as a rocky floating island. All around it is a wall of unbreakable bronze.

Aeolia was sometimes identified as the island of Strongyle (Stromboli) and sometimes as the island of Lipari.

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References

Sources

  • Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Homer. Odyssey x, 1.
  • Virgil. Aeneid i, 52.