Aeolus

By: Jackson Burrus

Period: 6
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• Aeneas was a Trojan who fought in
the Trojan War like Odysseus.
• Juno was a goddess who was an
enemy of Aeneas.
• As Aeneas was traveling home
from the ten year Trojan War, Juno
asked Aeolus, the god of the wind
and ruler of Aeolia, to attack
Aeneas’ ships with a storm.
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• Aeolus agreed and began to use his
winds locked in a cave on Aeolia to
destroy Aeneas’ fleet. Aeolus used
his winds to push waves at Aeneas’
ships from every direction.
• Aeolus also had help from the four
winds: Boreas, the north wind; Eurus
the east wind; Notus the south wind;
and Zephyrus the west wind.
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• Neptune, who is an ally of the Trojans, was
sleeping while Aeolus was attacking
Aeneas. Once he awoke and saw what
Aeolus was doing, he scolded Aeolus for
causing a storm.
• Neptune eventually stopped Aeolus before
all of Aeneas’ men were killed.
• Neptune then guided Aeneas’ fleet to
northeast Africa.
• Aeolus went back to Aeolia and put his
winds back in his cave.
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2010.
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