The Odyssey Book 10
1. Initial: The initial situation is when Odysseus asks Aiolos for help getting home, and he agrees to help them. (Page 120: "When at last I spoke of leaving, and asked him for help on our way, he was glad to consent, and did everything he could. He gave me the skin of a nine-year ox, which he flayed for us and made into a bag; and in this he bottled up the blustering winds. For Cronion had appointed him to be the manager of the winds, to hold them or to let them go as he liked. On board my ship he tied up the bag with wire of shining silver, so tight that not a breath could blow out.") Reversal: