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Next stop was the island of Aeolus the favorite of
Gods. He hosted us for a month and he helped us to
leave for our homeland. He had sworn to Zeus to be
the guard of the winds. So he gave us a bag, where he
closed inside all the winds except Zephyrus who
could lead us to Ithaca. We had almost reached our
homeland when something awful happened to us
because of our partners’ curiosity and recklessness.
They - while I was sleeping - opened the bag
thinking that there was a valuable treasure inside
which I kept for myself. Then all the winds came out
and sent us back again to Aeolia. Aeolus, though, sent
us away because he thought that gods didn’t want our
return to Ithaca.