# Aelos Gives Odysseus the Bag of Winds \(scene 3\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TIBALDI, Pellegrino](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

On the short side of the ceiling opposite to the blinded Polyphemus, between the corner ignudi, is Aelos, the master of the winds, who sent Odysseus on his way home with favourable winds. He also gave the hero a tied bag in which were trapped the adverse winds.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/adoration-of-the-christ-child-r557613597a221d>)
- [Annunciation of the Birth of John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/annunciation-of-the-birth-of-john-the-baptist-rf4d93d16acb87b>)
- [Ignudo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/ignudo-r5727f06ac60a55>)
- [Ignudo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/ignudo-ra6b9e0ec1a6726>)
- [Martyrdom of St Lawrence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/martyrdom-of-st-lawrence-ree0df599fe8de0>)
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- [Odysseus and Circe \(scene 5\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/odysseus-and-circe-scene-5-re0a068f8ef2493>)
- [Odysseus and Ino Leucothea \(scene 8\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/odysseus-and-ino-leucothea-scene-8-rb07ef0fda3d639>)
- [Odysseus at the Court of the Phaeacians \(scene 9\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/odysseus-at-the-court-of-the-phaeacians-scene-9-r2ce050be2f4442>)
- [Polyphemus and the Flight of the Greeks \(scene 2\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/polyphemus-and-the-flight-of-the-greeks-scene-2-r0242c9921288ee>)
- [Shipwreck \(scene 7\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/shipwreck-scene-7-r1555314d50fcb3>)
- [The Blinding of Polyphemus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/the-blinding-of-polyphemus-detail-r604768c77aced4>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)