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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aiolos''',<ref>According to Kerényi, p. 206, the name means both "the mobile" and "the many coloured", while [[H. J. Rose|Rose]], s.v. Aeolus (1) associates the name, "perhaps by derivation", with "the changeable". Chaucer's spelling of the name was "Eolus", the [[Middle English]] and [[Old French]] development of the Latin Aeolus, see de Weever, [http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/E/eolus.htm s.v. Eolus].</ref> transcribed as '''Aeolus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|ə|l|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Αἴολος}} {{IPA|grc|ǎi̯.olos|}}; {{Langx|el|Αίολος|label=[[Modern Greek]]}} {{IPA|el|ˈe.olos||Ell-Aiolos.ogg}}) refers to three characters. These three are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. [[Diodorus Siculus]] made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear that he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.<ref name="dgrbm">{{Citation|last=Schmitz|first=Leonhard|contribution=Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=William|title=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=35|year=1864|contribution-url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-date=2013-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009062306/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aiolos''',<ref>According to Kerényi, p. 206, the name means both "the mobile" and "the many coloured", while [[H. J. Rose|Rose]], s.v. Aeolus (1) associates the name, "perhaps by derivation", with "the changeable". Chaucer's spelling of the name was "Eolus", the [[Middle English]] and [[Old French]] development of the Latin Aeolus, see de Weever, [http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/E/eolus.htm s.v. Eolus].</ref> transcribed as '''Aeolus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|ə|l|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Aeolus.wav}}; {{langx|grc|Αἴολος}} {{IPA|grc|ǎi̯.olos|}}; {{Langx|el|Αίολος|label=[[Modern Greek]]}} {{IPA|el|ˈe.olos||Ell-Aiolos.ogg}}) refers to three characters. These three are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. [[Diodorus Siculus]] made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear that he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.<ref name="dgrbm">{{Citation|last=Schmitz|first=Leonhard|contribution=Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=William|title=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=35|year=1864|contribution-url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-date=2013-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009062306/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* The first [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Hellen]] and the [[eponym]]ous founder of the [[Aeolians|Aeolian]] race.<ref>Parada, s.v. Aeolus 1; Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Daeolus-bio-2 s.v. Aeolus 1]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.7.3 1.7.3].</ref>

* The second [[Aeolus (son of Poseidon)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Poseidon]], who led a colony to islands in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].

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-In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aiolos''',<ref>According to Kerényi, p. 206, the name means both "the mobile" and "the many coloured", while [[H. J. Rose|Rose]], s.v. Aeolus (1) associates the name, "perhaps by derivation", with "the changeable". Chaucer's spelling of the name was "Eolus", the [[Middle English]] and [[Old French]] development of the Latin Aeolus, see de Weever, [http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/E/eolus.htm  s.v. Eolus].</ref> transcribed as '''Aeolus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|ə|l|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Αἴολος}} {{IPA|grc|ǎi̯.olos|}}; {{Langx|el|Αίολος|label=[[Modern Greek]]}} {{IPA|el|ˈe.olos||Ell-Aiolos.ogg}}) refers to three characters. These three are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. [[Diodorus Siculus]] made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear that he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.<ref name="dgrbm">{{Citation|last=Schmitz|first=Leonhard|contribution=Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=William|title=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=35|year=1864|contribution-url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-date=2013-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009062306/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aiolos''',<ref>According to Kerényi, p. 206, the name means both "the mobile" and "the many coloured", while [[H. J. Rose|Rose]], s.v. Aeolus (1) associates the name, "perhaps by derivation", with "the changeable". Chaucer's spelling of the name was "Eolus", the [[Middle English]] and [[Old French]] development of the Latin Aeolus, see de Weever, [http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/E/eolus.htm  s.v. Eolus].</ref> transcribed as '''Aeolus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|ə|l|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Aeolus.wav}}; {{langx|grc|Αἴολος}} {{IPA|grc|ǎi̯.olos|}}; {{Langx|el|Αίολος|label=[[Modern Greek]]}} {{IPA|el|ˈe.olos||Ell-Aiolos.ogg}}) refers to three characters. These three are often difficult to tell apart, and even the ancient mythographers appear to have been perplexed about which Aeolus was which. [[Diodorus Siculus]] made an attempt to define each of these three (although it is clear that he also became muddled), and his opinion is followed here.<ref name="dgrbm">{{Citation|last=Schmitz|first=Leonhard|contribution=Aeolus (1), (2) and (3)|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=William|title=[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]|volume=1|pages=35|year=1864|contribution-url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|access-date=2007-10-25|archive-date=2013-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009062306/http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0044.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 * The first [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Hellen]] and the [[eponym]]ous founder of the [[Aeolians|Aeolian]] race.<ref>Parada, s.v. Aeolus 1; Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Daeolus-bio-2 s.v. Aeolus 1]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.7.3 1.7.3].</ref>
 * The second [[Aeolus (son of Poseidon)|Aeolus]] was a son of [[Poseidon]], who led a colony to islands in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].

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