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  • 1. Aeolus
    The Greek god of winds.

2. Who is Aeolus?
Aeolus is the Greek god of winds who lived on the floating island of Aeolia.
Aeolus was the son of Hippotas and Melanippe.
He was the husband of Amphithea and had six sons and six daughters.
3. The Names of Aeolus Children
Lapithus
Astyochus
Xanthus
Ardocles
Pheraemon
Cance
Jocastus
Agathrnus
Arne
Polymele
Diores
Macareus
4. Aeolus Symbol
Aeolus s symbol is a bag with wind escaping out of it.
Unfortunately I was not able to find the symbol.
5. Why is He so Important?
He played an important role in The Odyssey.
He gave Odysseus a back of winds to carry him and his ships home to Ithaca.
Unfortunately his men thought he was hiding gold from them, and unleashed the winds the opposite way towards the island of Lipera.
6. Credits
Aeolus by: Elizabeth Brown
I hope that you enjoyed my presentation on Aeolus; the God of Winds.
7. The Trojan War
(in a minute)

  • The war began when King Menelaus invited Prince Paris to Sparta. King Menelauss wife, Helen, was lonely and fell in to lust with Paris. She left with him to Troy, thus sparking the Trojan War.

8. King Menelaus was infuriated and called on his Greek cousins and fellow suitors of Helen to help him get his revenge. 9. Once the Greeks landed out Troy however, the realized they had bit off a bit more than they could chew. The walls of Troy were shut fast and the greeks couldnt defeat them on the open field either. The battles raged for ten years.