Note 9 — HOME STUDIES IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS.

“Æolus.” A descendant of the founder of the Æolian race. He became the ruler of certain islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, which from him were called the Æolian Islands. He is said to have taught his subjects to use sails on their ships, and to have foretold the nature of the winds that were to rise. Homer said of him that Jupiter had given him rule over the winds. This led to his being regarded as the god of the winds, which he was supposed to keep shut up in a mountain.