Sep 28, 2023 · Boreas was a Greek god, the personification of the north wind that blew down cold and powerful from Thrace. He was known for abducting the Athenian princess Orithyia, who bore him several children, including the winged heroes Calais and Zetes.

Feb 20, 2023 · The so-called “Boreads” or “Boreadae” were Calais and Zetes, twin sons of Boreas, the god of the North Wind, and his Athenian wife Orithyia. As sons of the North Wind, the Boreads were winged and had the power of flight. The Boreads travelled from their father’s home in Thrace to join the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.

Nov 29, 2022 · Wardo appears in Chinese art under various names, before appearing in Japan as Fujin. Thus it can be said that Fujin is the Japanese manifestation of the Greek god Boreas, though obviously he belongs to his own myth cycle and is understood in a very specific context in Shinto texts. Pop Culture

Sep 4, 2023 · Among the heroes sailing with the Argonauts were Calais and Zetes, known as the Boreads (so named for their father Boreas, the north wind). The Boreads had wings and could fly; they therefore agreed to chase the Harpies away from Phineus once and for all. The two Argonauts prepared a meal to lure the terrible creatures, then waited nearby:

Sep 20, 2023 · Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary sea creatures or sailors who passed too close.

As when the piercing blasts of Boreas blow, And scatter o’er the fields the driving snow; From dusky clouds the fleecy winter flies, Whose dazzling lustre whitens all the skies: So helms succeeding helms, so shields from shields, Catch the quick beams, and brighten all the fields; Broad glittering breastplates, spears with pointed rays, Mix ...

Sep 28, 2023 · Erechtheus, son of Pandion, was a king of Athens who had a major cult on the Acropolis. He led the Athenians in a successful war against Eumolpus and the people of Eleusis, though the victory cost him the lives of his daughters, and eventually his own life.

Feb 27, 2023 · Acheron was the name of one of the rivers of the Underworld (as well as of the river’s god); sometimes, “Acheron” was used as a name for the Underworld itself. The River Acheron was located in Thesprotia in southern Epirus.

Boreas, in passion, spoke these huffing things, And, as he spoke, he shook his dreadful wings; At which, afar the shiv’ring sea was fan’d, And the wide surface of the distant land: His dusty mantle o’er the hills he drew, And swept the lowly vallies, as he flew; Then, with his yellow wings, embrac’d the maid, And, wrapt in dusky clouds ...

May 20, 2023 · Pan was the infamous god of shepherds and goatherds who hailed from Arcadia. He was part-human and part-goat, and his days in the woods and countryside were spent singing, dancing, hunting, chasing nymphs, and playing his reed pipes.