Ulysses and Aeolus in the Cave of the Winds by Johannes Stradanus

Ulysses and Aeolus in the Cave of the Winds

Johannes Stradanus · c. 1600–1605 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen · Rotterdam, Netherlands

King Aeolus ties every wild wind into a leather bag for Ulysses while stormy gusts swirl around the cave — a royal gift meant to blow him gently home. Explore its place in Book X of the Odyssey.

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