Macareus (son of Aeolus) Macareus (son of Aeolus) Macar (; , "Makar") or Macareus (; , "Makareus" means "happy") was, in Greek mythology, the son of Aeolus, though sources disagree as to which bearer of this name was his father: it could either be Aeolus the lord of the winds, or Aeolus the king of Tyrrhenia. His mother was, at least in the latter case, Amphithea. Macareus and his sister Canace fell in love with each other and had a child together. Canace was ordered to kill herself and the baby exposed by Aeolus after he had discovered this, and Macareus took his own
HMS Aeolus (1801) HMS Aeolus (1801) HMS "Aeolus" was a 32-gun "Amphion"-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1801 and served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812. Ordered during the last years of the French Revolutionary Wars, "Aeolus" was at first engaged in convoy work, before being sent out to the West Indies, where she took part in operations off Saint-Domingue and blockaded the French ships in the harbours. She was involved in the chase of the 74-gun "Duquesne" after she put to sea, and assisted in her capture. "Aeolus" returned to operate