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Aeolus

Aeolus (ē'ulus) [key], in Greek mythology. 1. The wind god. He lived on the island of Aeolia, where he kept the winds in a cave. 2. Son of Hellen and ancestor of the Aeolian branch of the Hellenic race.

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