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Definition of Zephyrus

Zephyrus
Zephyrus eph"y*rus, n. [L. See Zephyr.] The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities. Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes. --Milton.

Meaning of Zephyrus from wikipedia

- that Zephyrus is the son of the goddess Gaia (the mother earth) instead (the father, if one exists at all, is not named). In Gr**** tradition, Zephyrus became...
- Zephyrus (Gk. Ζέφυρος [Zéphyros]), sometimes shortened in English to Zephyr, is the Gr**** god of the west wind. The gentlest of the winds, Zephyrus is...
- Zephyrus (Gr****: Ζέφυρος), according to the apocryphal Letter to Aristotle 14, was the soldier, who brought Alexander the Great a helmet full of water...
- usually paired with Notus, the south wind, like Zephyrus is paired with Boreas. Like Notus and unlike Zephyrus/Boreas, Eurus has little to no mythology of...
- European tradition, a zephyr is a light wind or a west wind, named after Zephyrus, the Gr**** god or personification of the west wind. Zephyr may also refer...
- the Philippines include: Bahala Na Gang Budol-Budol Gang Dugo-Dugo Gang Zephyrus Crew (Romblon) Kuratong Baleleng Martilyo Gang Salisi Gang Zesto Gang Satanas...
- the first, he and Zephyrus discuss the woes of the Argive princess Io at the hands of Zeus and Hera, while in the second Zephyrus enthusiastically describes...
- Lasioglossum zephyrus females become either mated egg-layers or workers who forage, guard, and make cells. In a typical Lasioglossum zephyrus colony, the...
- twilight. In Hesiod's Theogony, Astraeus and Eos produce the winds—namely Zephyrus, Boreas, and Notus—as well as Eosphorus and the stars. A few sources mention...
- believed to have dwelt in the Elysian Fields. Chloris was abducted by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind (which, as Ovid himself points out, was a parallel...