Zephyrus (mythology)

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Zephyrus, or sometimes just Zephyr (Ζέφυρος, Zéphyros, "the west wind"), in Latin Favonius, is the Greek god of the west wind and one of the four Anemoi along with Boreas the north wind , Notus the south wind, Eurus the east wind. The gentlest of the winds, Zephyrus is known as the fructifying wind, the messenger of spring. It was thought that Zephyrus lived in a cave in Thrace.

Zephyrus and Hyacinth

Hyacinthus and Zephyrus on a red-figure vase


In the story of Cupid and Psyche, Zephyrus served Eros (or Cupid) by transporting Psyche to his abode.[1]

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