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(Homer, Odyssey, Book IX.32; trans. A.T. Murray; Loeb Classical Library 1919). In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus tells Alcinous that he stayed here for one year on his way home to Ithaca. Before leaving Aeaea, Odysseus was given instructions by Circe about how to cross the ocean [1] and assisted by the North Wind to reach the underworld:
Meanwhile, it transpires that Circe, with whom Odysseus had an affair for a year in the Odyssey (books 10–12), has borne his son, Telegonus (Τηλέγονος, "born far away"). He grows up living with Circe on the island of Aeaea. On the goddess Athena's advice, Circe tells him the name of his father.
In the Odyssey, Aeolus' Aeolia was purely mythical, a floating island surrounded by "a wall of unbreakable bronze" where the "cliffs run up shear". [ 1 ] Homer does not say anything about where the island was located, but later writers came to associate Aeolia with one, or another, of the Lipari Islands (also called the Aeolian Islands), north ...
According to Greek legend, Circe lived on the island of Aeaea. Although Homer is vague when it comes to the island's whereabouts, the early 3rd BC author Apollonius of Rhodes's epic poem Argonautica locates Aeaea somewhere south of Aethalia , within view of the Tyrrhenian shore (that is, the western coast of Italy). [9]
The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.
The Telegony was a short two-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus after the events of the Odyssey. In this mythological postscript, Odysseus is accidentally killed by Telegonus, his unknown son by the goddess Circe. After Odysseus's death, Telemachus returns to Aeaea with Telegonus and Penelope, and there marries Circe.
In Greek mythology, Telegonus (/ t ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τηλέγονος means "born afar") was the youngest son of Circe and Odysseus [1] and thus, brother to Agrius and Latinus [2] or Nausithous and Nausinous, [3] and Cassiphone. [4]
Aeolus. In Greek mythology, Aeolus (Ancient Greek: Αἴολος, Aiolos), [1] the son of Hippotes, was the ruler of the winds encountered by Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.Aeolus was the king of the island of Aeolia, where he lived with his wife and six sons and six daughters.