Boreas
deity sky Greek corroborated · 13
Boreas is the god of the north wind. Zeus sent Boreas to Leto, who brought her to Poseidon.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Classical Greece and Rome
Relationships
- aspect of
- Anemoi
- co occurs with
- Aurai, Cardea, Tritopatores, Thraskias, Venti, Aura, Lelantos, Menelaus, Priam, Jove, Amor, Hymen, Jealousy, Napaeae, Eurus, Phineus, Orithyia, Cleopatra, Poseidon, Ares, Hera, Iris, Asteria, Python, Hector, Helen, Castor, Cybele, Venus, Mercury, Triton, Pan, Chloris, Nereids, Artemis (Diana), Gaia, harpies, Stymphalian Birds, Prometheus, Helios, Phoebus, Aeolus, Psyche, Demeter, Eros, Apollo
- serves
- Zeus
- parent of
- Aurae, winged sons of Boreas, Upis, Chione
Mentioned by
- Astraea
- Poseidon
- Ares
- Hera
- Iris
- Asteria
- Python
- Hector
- Helen
- Castor
- Cybele
- Venus
- Mercury
- Triton
- Pan
- Chloris
and 15 more
Sources
wikipedia (12)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“But Zeus then sent Boreas, the god of the north wind, to Leto, who brought her to Poseidon.”
#22726 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Boreas (Βορέας), god of the north wind and of winter.”
#24127 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Leto was borne by the north wind Boreas at the command of Zeus to the floating island.”
#27817 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Quintus Smyrnaeus on the other hand made the breeze nymphs Aurae the daughters of Boreas, the god of the north wind.”
#27890 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Book XXIII, she delivers Achilles's prayer to Boreas and Zephyrus to light the funeral pyre of Patroclus.”
#28774 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001