Aeolus and the Bag of Winds

From The Odyssey by Homer
Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag containing all adverse winds; his crew opens it in sight of Ithaca, blowing them far off course.
Book 10.1-75

Emblem of how close Odysseus comes to home and how his crew's folly thwarts him.

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