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.