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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_83693" /> == | |||
<p> in Pagan mythology, was the god of the winds, and 'is variously represented as the son of Jupiter, Hippotus, or Meneclea. He reigned over the Eolian islands, near Sicily, viz. Lipara, Hiera, Strongyle, Didyme, Ericusa, Phcenicusa, and Euonymos. He resided at Rhegium, in Italy, or at Strongyle, now called Stromboli. He is represented as holding the winds enchained in a vast cave to prevent their committing such vast depredation as they had formerly; for to their violence was imputed not only the disjunction of [[Sicily]] from Italy, but also the separation of | <p> (n.) The god of the winds. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17890" /> == | |||
<p> in [[Pagan]] mythology, was the god of the winds, and 'is variously represented as the son of Jupiter, Hippotus, or Meneclea. He reigned over the Eolian islands, near Sicily, viz. Lipara, Hiera, Strongyle, Didyme, Ericusa, Phcenicusa, and Euonymos. He resided at Rhegium, in Italy, or at Strongyle, now called Stromboli. He is represented as holding the winds enchained in a vast cave to prevent their committing such vast depredation as they had formerly; for to their violence was imputed not only the disjunction of [[Sicily]] from Italy, but also the separation of Europe from' Africa. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_83693"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/aeolus Aeolus from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_17890"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/aeolus Aeolus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_17890"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/aeolus Aeolus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:29, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The god of the winds.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
in Pagan mythology, was the god of the winds, and 'is variously represented as the son of Jupiter, Hippotus, or Meneclea. He reigned over the Eolian islands, near Sicily, viz. Lipara, Hiera, Strongyle, Didyme, Ericusa, Phcenicusa, and Euonymos. He resided at Rhegium, in Italy, or at Strongyle, now called Stromboli. He is represented as holding the winds enchained in a vast cave to prevent their committing such vast depredation as they had formerly; for to their violence was imputed not only the disjunction of Sicily from Italy, but also the separation of Europe from' Africa.
