Zephyrus
God
In Greek mythology and religion, Zephyrus () (Ancient Greek: Ζέφυρος, romanized: Zéphuros, lit. 'westerly wind'), also spelled in English as Zephyr (), is the god and personification of the West wind, one of the several wind gods, the Anemoi. The son of Eos (the goddess of the dawn) and Astraeus, Zephyrus is the most gentle and favourable of the winds, associated with flowers, springtime and even procreation.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“and terribly rang the bronze upon the breast of the prince as he moved; thereat might terror have seized even one that was steadfast of heart. As when on a sounding beach the swell of the sea beats, wave after wave, before the driving of the West Wind; out on the deep at the first is it gathered in a crest, but thereafter”
“upon the lofty oak of father Zeus that beareth the aegis, rejoicing in the warriors; and the ranks of these sat close, bristling with shields and helms and spears. Even as there is spread over the face of the deep the ripple of the West Wind, that is newly risen, and the deep groweth black beneath it,”
“the North Wind and the West Wind that blow from Thrace, coming suddenly, and forthwith the dark wave reareth itself in crests and casteth much tangle out along the sea; even so were the hearts of the Achaeans rent within their breasts. But the son of Atreus, stricken to the heart with sore grief,”
“and even as when the West Wind driveth the clouds of the white South Wind, smiting them with a violent squall, and many a swollen wave rolleth onward, and on high the spray is scattered beneath the blast of the wandering wind; even so many heads of the host were laid low by Hector.”
“that the Harpy Podarge conceived to the West Wind, as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus. And in the side-traces he set the goodly Pedasus that on a time Achilles had brought away, when he took the city of Eetion; and he, being but mortal, kept pace with immortal steeds.”
“But for us twain, we could run swift as the blast of the West Wind, which, men say, is of all winds the fleetest; nay, it is thine own self that art fated to be slain in fight by a god and a mortal. When he had thus spoken, the Erinyes checked his voice. Then, his heart mightily stirred, spake to him swift-footed Achilles:”
“And forthwith she spake unto Hephaestus, her dear son: Rouse thee, Crook-foot, my child! for it was against thee that we deemed eddying Xanthus to be matched in fight. Nay, bear thou aid with speed, and put forth thy flames unstintedly.”
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“to the North Wind and the West Wind, and promised fair offerings, and full earnestly, as he poured libations from a cup of gold, he besought them to come, to the end that the corpses might speedily blaze with fire, and the wood make haste to be kindled. Then forthwith Iris heard his prayer, and hied her with the message to the winds.”
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Son · Sources
Ил. 16.149–151 прямо называет Балия и Ксанфа детьми Подарги и Зефира; Ил. 19.400 повторяет материнство Подарги.
Илиада 16.149–151; 19.400 — Балий · Iliad 16.149–151; 19.400 ↗And the horses he bade Automedon yoke speedily, even him that he honoured most after Achilles, breaker of the ranks of men, and that in his eyes was faithful above all to abide his call in battle. At his bidding then Automedon led beneath the yoke the fleet horses, Xanthus and Balius, that flew swift as the winds, horsesthat the Harpy Podarge conceived to the West Wind, as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus. And in the side-traces he set the goodly Pedasus that on a time Achilles had brought away, when he took the city of Eetion; and he, being but mortal, kept pace with immortal steeds.
Il. 16.149–151
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that the Harpy Podarge conceived to the West Wind, as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus. And in the side-traces he set the goodly Pedasus that on a time Achilles had brought away, when he took the city of Eetion; and he, being but mortal, kept pace with immortal steeds.
Il. 16.150–151
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In art
Eugène Faure. Eugène Faure - La source. Museum of Grenoble. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101094197
Sandro Botticelli. Рождение Венеры. Uffizi Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151047
Luca Giordano. Psyche Exposed on a Rock. Royal Collection. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28022550
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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Young Zephyrus balancing above water. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29840550
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Young Zephyrus balancing above water. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. CC BY 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29842192
Antoine-François Callet. Spring. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29863410
William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Похищение Психеи. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4375073
Sandro Botticelli. Весна. Uffizi Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549847
François Gérard. Flora Caressed by Zephyr. Museum of Grenoble. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60964532
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Venus and Cupid asleep, caressed and awakened by the Zephyrs. Condé Museum. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106455515
Peter Paul Rubens. Флора и Зефир. Schloss Mosigkau. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111046340
William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Flora and Zephyr. Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12839552
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Zephir and Flora. Ca' Rezzonico. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131579682
Jacopo Amigoni. Flora and Zephyr. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19912099
Pompeo Batoni. Свадьба Амура и Психеи. Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20486475
John William Waterhouse. Flora and the Zephyrs. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21192418
Antoine Coypel. Zephyr and Flora. Allegory of spring. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29862656
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Zephyr and Flora. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38514662
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The Triumph of Zephyr and Flora. Ca' Rezzonico. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58230032
Edward Burne-Jones. Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals. Birmingham Museums Trust. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98149710
Antoine Coysevox. Flore. Department of Sculptures of the Louvre. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87459593
Auguste Rodin. Eternal Spring. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97418003
Pietro Francavilla. Zephyr. Victoria and Albert Museum. CC BY 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131579684
Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel. Zephyr Carrying off Psyche. Department of Sculptures of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87455469
François Gaspard Adam. Céfiro y Flora Sanssouci. Skulpturensammlung der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131842845
Pan and Syrinx. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140701252
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- Wikipedia · Zephyrus · CC BY-SA 4.0
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