Anemoi
deity sky Roman single tradition · 6
The Anemoi are the gods of the four directional winds in horse-shape drawing the chariot of Zeus.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in Roman mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Arion, Horses of Achilles, Horses of Ares, Horses of Eos, Horses of Erechtheus, Horses of Dioskouroi, Horses of Hector, Horses of Helios, Horses of Poseidon, Mares of Diomedes, Ocyrhoe, Trojan Horses, Pallas, Luna, Aurora, Hyperion, Venti, Aeolus, Aura, Aurai, Cardea, Tritopatores, Thraskias, Boreas, Eurus, Notus, Zephyrus, Karkinos, Cretan Bull, Gadflies, Myrmekes, Myrmidons, Orthrus, Cattle of Helios, black-skinned cattle of Hades, Ceryneian Hind, Elaphoi Khrysokeroi, Dionysus' Panthers, Argos, Golden Dog, Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple, Laelaps, Maera, Artemis's pack of 14 exquisite hunting dogs, Delphin, Dolphins of Taras, Donkey of Hephaestus, Donkey of Silenus, Scythian horned donkeys, Amalthea, Sol, Jupiter
- serves
- Zeus
- equivalent to
- Venti
- child of
- Astraeus
Mentioned by
- Karkinos
- Cretan Bull
- Gadflies
- Myrmekes
- Myrmidons
- Orthrus
- Cattle of Helios
- black-skinned cattle of Hades
- Ceryneian Hind
- Elaphoi Khrysokeroi
- Dionysus' Panthers
- Argos
- Golden Dog
- Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple
- Laelaps
- Maera
and 14 more
Sources
Source passages
“Anemoi, the gods of the four directional winds in horse-shape drawing the chariot of Zeus.”
#4623 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Roman writers rarely imitated Hesiod and later Greek poets by naming Aurora as the mother of the Anemoi (the Winds), who were the offspring of Astraeus, the father of the stars.”
#15693 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Anemoi, (in Greek, Ἄνεμοι—"winds") were the Greek wind gods.”
#24126 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The anemoi were named and regarded as minor deities. The large reliefs characterize each wind in terms of the things they carry, and often spill out from containers, the warmth of their clothing, and to some extent their physiques and expressions.”
#45077 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free