Book 10

The Achaeans sail from the island of the cyclops to the home of Aeolus, ruler of the winds. Aeolus gave Odysseus a bag of all the winds. He stirs up the winds to guide Odysseus and his crew home.

Within 10 days they are all in sight of Ithaca, but Odysseus's shipmates who thought that Aeolus has given Odysseus a fortune in gold and silver tore the bag open. The winds escaped and stirred up a storm.