The Isle of Aeolus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4950719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E D Phillips (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1956 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 120 |
| Pages | 203-208 |
| Publication date | 1956-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00026831 |
| OpenAlex | W2461724752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Among the adventures of Odysseus described in the Odyssey one of the least A favourable to ancient or modern attempts to make a geography of his wanderings is traditionally his visit to the isle of Aeolus, who bound the winds for him in a bag. The famous geographer Eratosthenes said of the whole problem: 'It will only be discovered where Odysseus' wanderings lie when the cobbler is discovered who stitched together the bag of the winds'. Others have not failed to point out that Homer makes it a floating island anyhow, as if he were determined that no one should find it, and that the procedure of tying the winds in a bag is a piece of magic, known in practice or recorded in folk-lore in too many parts of the world for a definite location to be possible
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| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1979 - 1979 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |