Aeolus (Odyssey) Aeolus' island. Aeolus refused to provide any further help, because he believed that their short and unsuccessful voyage meant that the gods did not favour them. This Aeolus was perceived by post-Homeric authors as a god, rather than as a mortal and simple Keeper of the Winds (as in the "Odyssey"). In the "Aeneid" by Virgil, Juno offers Aeolus the nymph Deiopea as a wife if he will release his winds upon the fleet of Aeneas, but Poseidon later calms the sea. Aeolus (Odyssey) In Greek mythology, Aeolus (; , "Aiolos" , Modern Greek: "quick-moving, nimble") was the keeper of
Melanippe (daughter of Aeolus) their natural mother Melanippe from prison, and Poseidon restored her sight. Two tragedies by Euripides, "Melanippe The Prisoner" and "Melanippe The Philosopher", were dedicated to this character. Melanippe (daughter of Aeolus) In Greek mythology, Melanippe (Ancient Greek: Μελανίππη, "black mare") was the daughter of Aeolus and the precedent Melanippe (or else daughter of Hippotes or of Desmontes). Also known as Arne. Mother, by Poseidon, of the twins Aeolus and Boeotus. There are various accounts of what happened to Melanippe after the birth of her sons. In one version, when her father discovered her pregnancy, he handed her over to a