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Of the four chief Anemoi, Boreas (Aquilo in Roman mythology) is the north wind and bringer of cold winter air, Zephyrus (Favonius in Latin) [5] is the west wind and bringer of light spring and early-summer breezes, and Notus (Auster in Latin) is the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn; Eurus, the southeast [6] (or ...
Eurus relief from the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece. In his few appearances in mythology, Eurus is usually paired with Notus, the south wind, like Zephyrus is paired with Boreas. [ 3 ] Like Notus [ 8 ] and unlike Zephyrus/Boreas, Eurus has little to no mythology of his own, and only appears as part of a whole when the Anemoi feature in ...
The peoples of early Greece reportedly conceived of only two winds – the winds from the north, known as Boreas (Βορέας), and the winds from the south, known as Notus (Νότος). [18] But two more winds – Eurus ( Εὖρος ) from the east and Zephyrus ( Ζέφυρος ) from the west – were added soon enough.
Eurus (Εὖρος), god of the east or southeast wind. Notus (Νότος), god of the south wind. Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος), god of the west wind. Aura, the breeze personified. Aurai, nymphs of the breeze. Cardea, Roman goddess of health, thresholds, door hinges, and handles; associated with the wind. Tritopatores, gods of wind and marriage
Notus, like most of the wind gods, the Anemoi was said to be the son of Eos, the goddess of the dawn, by her husband Astraeus, a minor god related to the stars. [3] Thus, he is brother to the five star-gods and the justice goddess Astraea, and half-brother to the mortals Memnon and Emathion, sons of his mother Eos by the Trojan prince Tithonus.
Eurus (Εύρος), god of the unlucky east or southeast wind; Lips (Λίψ), god of the southwest wind; Notus (Νότος) god of the south wind; Skeiron (Σκείρων), god of the northwest wind; Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος), god of the west wind; Arke (Άρκη), messenger of the Titans and sister of Iris
Boreas (/ ˌ b ɔː r i. ə s /, UK: / ˌ b ɒ r i. ə s /, UK: / ˌ b ɒ r i. æ s /, [1] Βορέας, Boréas; also Βορρᾶς, Borrhâs) [2] is the Greek god of the cold north wind, storms, and winter.
In Hesiod's Theogony, Astraeus and Eos produce the winds—namely Zephyrus, Boreas, and Notus—as well as Eosphorus and the stars. [5] A few sources mention another daughter, Astraea, the goddess of innocence and, occasionally, justice. [6] He is also sometimes associated with Aeolus, the Keeper of the Winds, since winds often increase around ...