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The controller of winds
Aeolus depicted in miniature within the letter O in a medieval book of religious...
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Odysseus receives the bag of winds from Aeolus
Engraving after The Labors of Odysseus (Les Travaux d'Ulysse) by...
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-P-OB-66.744)
Odysseus's companions open Aeolus's bag of winds
Engraving after The Labors of Odysseus (Les Travaux d'Ulysse) by...
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-P-OB-66.747)
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