"Hurry, let’s see what loot is in that sack,
how much gold and silver. Break it open – now!"
A fatal plan, but it won my shipmates over.
They loosed the sack and all the winds burst out
and a sudden squall struck and swept us back to sea,
wailing, in tears, far from our own native land.
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 10, lines 49-54. Keeper of the winds Aoelus generously gives Odysseus a large sack in which all the unfavorable winds were confined, in order to ensure safe passage back to Ithaca. But motivated by jealousy and greed, Odysseus’ men think that the bag is full of treasure. So they open it, releasing the wrong-way winds that drive them back to Aeolia.