In his ‘Odyssey’, Homer tells us how his hero came to the Aeolian Islands and was welcomed by Aeolus, keeper of the winds. When Odysseus left for Ithaca, his host gave him a sack in which all contrary winds were imprisoned, but Odysseus’s crew did not know what it contained, and when Odysseus fell asleep they decided to peep inside.

Odysseus’s crew, thinking his bag contained treasures in which they had a rightful share, opened it only to release all the contrary imprisoned in it by Aeolus. The winds raced home to their Keeper, taking Odysseus’s little ship with them; and Aeolos, thinking such misfortune must be a punishment on Odysseus from the gods, refused to offer any more help.

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