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Source: Wikia. Pages: 138. Chapters: Aeolus, Annabeth Chase, Apollo, Ares, Argus, Ariadne, Artemis, Athena, Bianca di Angelo, Big Three, Blackjack, Briares, Butch, Castor, Charles Beckendorf, Chiron, Chris Rodriguez, Clarisse La Rue, Connor Stoll, Demeter, Dionysus, Ella, Ethan Nakamura, Festus, Frank Zhang, Frederick Chase, George, Gleeson Hedge, Grandma Zhang, Gray Sisters, Grover Underwood, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Hippalektryons, Hunters of Artemis, Iris, Isaac Schuster, Jake Mason, Jason Grace, Juniper, Katie Gardner, Kinzie, Lacy, Lares, Larry, Lee Fletcher, Leneus, Leo Valdez, Luke Castellan, Lupa, Malcolm, Maron, Martha, Mrs. O'Leary, Nico di Angelo, Nike, Owen, Palaemon, Pan, Paul Blofis, Percy Jackson, Persephone, Phoebe, Piper McLean, Pollux, Poseidon, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Sally Jackson, Satyr, Terminus, Thalia Grace, The East River Spirit, The Hudson River Spirit, The Oracle, The Party Ponies, Travis Stoll, Tyson, Victoria, Will Solace, Zeus, Zoe Nightshade. Excerpt: Aeolus, is the custodian of the four winds. A minor deity, he is the son Hippotes and Melanippe, and thus the maternal grandson of Chiron. He lived on one of the rocky Lipara islands, close to Sicily (or what is now called Sicily). In the heart of his floating island Aeolia were the storm spirits imprisoned, and Aeolus, directed by the higher gods, let out these winds as soft breezes out his cheeks, gales, or whatever the higher gods wished. Visited by the Greek hero Odysseus, Aeolus received him favorably and on the hero's departure presented Odysseus with a bag containing all the adverse winds, so that his friend might reach Ithaca with a fair wind. Odysseus did as Aeolus bid, but in sight of his homeland, having been untroubled by foul weather, he fell asleep and his men, curious, opened the bag, thus releasing all the fierce winds, which blew their ship far off course. When they returned to his Island Aeolus drove them off, saying they were detested by the gods. In ...
