Aeolus was put in charge of the winds by Zeus. He kept watch over his subjects in a cave on the Island of Aeolia. An Aeolian harp is a box-shaped musical instrument across which strings are strung, which vibrate when wind passes across them. They were the equal of men in the field. They came to be seen as haters of men, women who sought foreign husbands, only to kill their sons and raise their daughters as Amazons.
Later tradition has it that they cut off their right breast to become better archers.
A vigorous and aggressive woman today might be deemed an amazon , while also conveying the idea of enormous physical stature. Often it is a derogatory term. The Amazon ant is a species of red ant that captures the offspring of other species and turns them into slaves. The Greek gods on Olympus took food and drink as mortals do. But since the gods are of a different order from mortals, so too their sustenance.