- The
Boreads (Ancient Gr****: Βορεάδαι, romanized: Boreádai) are the "wind brothers" in Gr**** mythology. They
consist of
Zetes (also Zethes) (Ancient Gr****:...
- meal with the
Boreads standing guard, and as soon as he
touched his food the
Harpies swept down,
devoured the food and flew off. The
Boreads gave chase,...
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princess who was
raped by Boreas, the
north wind, and gave
birth to the twin
Boreads,
Zetes and Calaïs.
Orithyia was the
fifth daughter of King
Erechtheus of...
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Orithyia up in a cloud,
raped her, and with her,
Boreas fathered two sons—the
Boreads,
Zethes and Calais, who were part of the crew of the Argo as Argonauts—and...
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course they had to take, if they
would deliver him from the harpies. The
Boreads, sons of Boreas, the
North Wind, who also
could fly,
succeeded in driving...
- of Athens. His
brother was Zethes, and they are
collectively known as
Boreads. Ceyx: son of Eosphorus, King of
Trachis and
husband of Alcyone. Codrus:...
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winged youth in
painted Boeotian pottery,
similar to
representations of the
Boreads,
spirits of the
North Wind.
Besides Actaeon and Macris, he also was said...
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strikes the
monster with his hooves.
Laconian Black Figure Kylix attributed to
Boreads Painter, 570–565 B.C. J. Paul
Getty Museum Malibu, California....
- of the
Athenian princess Orithyia, by whom he
became the
father of the
Boreads. In art, he is
usually depicted as a bearded,
older man. His
Roman equivalent...
- Argus, the
eponymous builder of the Argo; Atalanta; Augeas; the
winged Boreads,
Zetes & Calaïs; the Dioscuri,
Castor & Polydeuces; Euphemus; Heracles;...
