According to some, the Aeolian, or Lipari islands were uninhabited till Liparus, son of Auson, settled a colony there, and gave one of them his name.

Aeolus married his daughter Cyane, peopled the rest and succeeded him on the throne. He was a generous and good prince, who hospitably entertained Ulysses, and as a proof of his kindness, bestowed on him several skins, in which he had enclosed the winds. The companions of Ulysses, unable to restrain their curiosity, having opened the skins, the winds in consequence were set free, and occasioned the wildest uproar; insomuch that Ulysses lost all his vessels, and was himself alone saved by a plank. It may not be improper to remark, that over the rougher winds the poets have placed Aeolus; over the milder, Juno; and the rain, thunder and lightning they have committed to Jupiter himself.