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- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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:...
- 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...
- strikes the monster with his hooves. Laconian Black Figure Kylix attributed to Boreads Painter, 570–565 B.C. J. Paul Getty Museum Malibu, California....
- harpies were not caught in a net or caged, but were chased away by the Boreads: Calaïs and Zetes (also Zethes) In the film, the god Triton saved the Argo...
- 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...