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Zephyrus

In Greek mythology, the god of the west wind, husband of Iris, and father of the horses of Achilles in Homer's Iliad.

He was said to have abducted the Greek maiden Chloris, who began to sprout flowers in his embrace and was transformed into Flora. She was later worshipped as the Roman goddess of flowers.



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Do thou, sweet Zephyrus, rising from thy fragrant bed, mount the western sky, and lead on those delicious gales, the charms of which call forth the lovely Flora from her chamber, perfumed with pearly dews, when on the 1st of June, her birth-day, the blooming maid, in loose attire, gently trips it over the verdant mead, where every flower rises to do her homage, till the whole field becomes enamelled, and colours contend with sweets which shall ravish her most.
We two can fly as swiftly as Zephyrus who they say is fleetest of all winds; nevertheless it is your doom to fall by the hand of a man and of a god.
378-382) And Eos bare to Astraeus the strong-hearted winds, brightening Zephyrus, and Boreas, headlong in his course, and Notus, -- a goddess mating in love with a god.
 
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