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Zephyrus

deity sky Greek single tradition · 14

Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος) is the god of the west wind.

↻ synthesized from 14 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Classical Greece and Rome

Relationships

co occurs with
Carpo, Love, Grace, Delight, Harmony, Laughter, Revel, Sport, Wonder, Aura, Aurai, Cardea, Tritopatores, Thraskias, Venti, Arke, Ocypete, Menelaus, Priam, Jove, Amor, Hymen, Jealousy, Auster, Napaeae, Pheme, Echo, Pothos, Carpus, Hora, Calamus, Meander, Three Graces, Primavera, Archangel Gabriel, Saint Laurence, Aurora, Ares, Thaumas, Electra, Hydaspes, Hector, Helen, Castor, Triton, Pan, Nereids, Cybele, Neptune, Muses, Gaia, Hades, Nemesis, Amphitrite, Athena, Hestia, Narcissus, Aeolus, Demeter, Psyche, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Helios, Venus, Mercury, Cupid, Persephone, Virgin Mary, centaur, Pallas Athena
aspect of
Anemoi
consort of
Chloris, Iris, Flora, Podarge
parent of
Karpos, Eros, Pothos, Carpus
enemy of
Apollo, Hyacinthus
sibling of
Boreas, Notus, Astraea
serves
Eros
allied with
Eurus
child of
Eos, Astraeus

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Mentioned by

and 23 more

Sources

wikipedia (14)
  1. Henkhisesui
  2. Hutchai
  3. Shehbui
  4. Chloris (nymph)
  5. Iris (mythology)
  6. Hyacinth (mythology)
  7. La Flora
  8. The Goddess Girls
  9. Eurus
  10. Flora Caressed by Zephyr
  11. Karpos
  12. Primavera (Botticelli)
  13. The Vision of Delight
  14. Zephyrus

Source passages

“Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος), god of the west wind.”

#24130 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Chloris, an Oceanid (one of the many daughters of the Titans, Oceanus and Tethys), 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”

#27907 · 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.”

#28775 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“He was also admired by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, Boreas, the god of the north wind, and a mortal man named Thamyris. Hyacinthus chose Apollo over the others. An alternative version of the myth holds Zephyrus responsible for the death of Hyacinthus.”

#37810 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The love of Chloris and Zephyrus now restored, spring returns. Zephyrus gives Chloris a new name, Flora, and transforms her into the goddess of springtime and flowers.”

#38048 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001