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The Boreads rescuing Phineus from the Harpies, column-krater by the Leningrad Painter, c. 460 BC, Louvre. Due to being sons of the north wind they were supernaturally gifted in different ways (depending on changes in the story from being passed down through generations and cultures) either being as fast as the wind or able to fly, having wings either on their feet or backs, depending on the ...
Calais: son of Boreas (the Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter) and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. His brother was Zethes, and they are collectively known as Boreads. [7] Ceyx: son of Eosphorus, King of Trachis and husband of Alcyone.
ɒ n / (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφίων, romanized: Amphíōn)) and Zethus (/ ˈ z iː θ ə s /; Ζῆθος Zēthos) were, in ancient Greek mythology, the twin sons of Zeus (or Theobus) [2] by Antiope. They are important characters in one of the two founding myths of the city of Thebes, because they constructed the city's walls. Zethus or ...
Orithyia gave Boreas two daughters, Chione and Cleopatra (the wife of Phineus) and two sons, Calais and Zetes, both known as the Boreads. [8] These sons grew wings like their father and joined the Argonauts in the quest for the golden fleece .
Boreas' rape of Oreithyia, Apulian red-figure oenochoe, 360 BC, Louvre. Boreas, like the rest of the wind gods, was said to be the son of Eos, the goddess of the dawn, by her husband Astraeus, a minor star-god. [4] He is thus brother to the rest of the Anemoi (the wind gods), the five star-gods and the justice goddess Astraea.
In Greek mythology, King Haemus (/ ˈ h iː m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Αἷμος, Haîmos) of Thrace, was the son of Boreas, the north wind. Mythology
Chione (daughter of Boreas) Cleopatra (Greek myth) H. Haemus This page was last edited on 29 February 2024, at 12:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Apollo was said to have given the gift of prophecy to Phineus, [24] but the latter's own blinding was variously attributed to the outrage against his sons, [25] his giving Phrixus directions on his journey, [26] or because he preferred long life to sight, [27] or, as reported in the Argonautica (thus the best-known version), for revealing the future to mankind. [28]