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Zephyrus relief from the Tower of the Winds, Athens. Zephyrus, along with his brother Boreas, is one of the most prominent of the Anemoi; they are frequently mentioned together by poets, and along with a third brother, Notus (the south wind) they were seen as the three useful and favourable winds (the east wind, Eurus, seen as bad omen). [1]
Some classical authors also regard her as Zephyrus' wife. However as the rainbow goddess Iris is his other wife and sister of Podarge, there is confusion between the two. [citation needed] Stesichorus says the divine horses Phlogeus and Harpagos are the offspring of Podarge. [5] Her other names are Podarkes, Podarke-Aellopos and Podarces ...
According to Servius, Carpus was the son of Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, [2] by the nymph Hora (season goddess). [3] [4] Carpus fell in love with another youth, Calamus, the son of a river-god, Meander. According to Nonnus, while the two were competing in a swimming contest, the wind drove a wave into Carpus' face and he drowned. [5]
Instead, the sisters were plotting to convince Cupid to take one of them to be his wife. The two traveled to the peak and jumped, thinking Zephyrus would catch them and take them to the palace as he did the last time. Zephyrus, however, knowing what was truly in their hearts, ignored them and the two sisters fell to their deaths. [16]
Chloris was abducted by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind (which, as Ovid himself points out, was a parallel to the story of his brother Boreas and Orithyia), who transformed her into a deity known as Flora after they were married. Together, they have a son, named Karpos.
Zephyrus on an antique fresco in Pompeii Zephyrus and Hyacinth; Attic red-figure cup from Tarquinia, c. 480 BCE, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Zephyr and Flora, c. 1720, by Antonio Corradini, Victoria and Albert Museum. Zephyrus (Gk. Ζέφυρος [Zéphyros]), [5] sometimes shortened in English to Zephyr, is the Greek god of the west wind. The ...
Joseph Kibler was born with HIV, but through a strict regimen of medications, he's currently undetectable. He and his wife, Carey Cox, are currently expecting their first baby in April 2025, and ...
Following Sparkster's triumph over the Gedol Empire, the Rocket Knight returns to the Kingdom of Zephyrus.In his surprise, he finds out that the pigs of the Devontidos Empire that he previously fought have taken up residence in the kingdom alongside the opossum inhabitants during his recent quest, under permission granted by the king of Zephyrus.