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) the third ship in the Navy to be named "Aeolus". The first, also a 32-gun fifth rate (launched in 1758), was still in existence but had been reduced to harbour service in 1796 and renamed "Guernsey" in 1800 to free the name for the new ship. Then a squadron captured the French frigate "Pallas", which received the name "Aeolus". In the meantime, "Guernsey" was sold in May 1801, shortly after the third "Aeolus" had completed fitting out the previous month, at Deptford Dockyard. The second "Aeolus" was then renamed to "Pique". "Aeolus" was at first employed on convoy duties and