BOREAS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, a personification of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind . He was described as the son of Astraeus and Eos, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• HESPERUS (Gr. "Ea-repor, Lat. Vesper)

Hesperus, Notus and See also:

• ZEPHYRUS

Zephyrus . His dwelling-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was on See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Haemus in See also:

• THRACE

Thrace, or at Salmydessus, near the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of the See also:

• HYPERBOREANS (`Tirep(3bpeot, `Taepf3bpeiot)

Hyperboreans . He was said to have carried off the beautiful Oreithyia, a daughter of See also:

• ERECHTHEUS

Erechtheus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, when he found her leading the See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance at a festival, or gathering See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Ilissus or some other spot in the neighbourhood of Athens . He had before wooed her in vain, and now carried her off to Mount Haemus, where they lived as king and See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of the winds, and had two sons, Zetes and See also:

• CALAIS

Calais, and two daughters, See also:

• CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra and Chione (See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus iii . 15; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid,,Metam. vi . 677) . For the loss of Oreithyia the Athenians in after times counted on Boreas's friendliness, and were assured of it when he sent storms which wrecked the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• FLEET

fleet at See also:

• ATHOS (Gr. "Aytov "Opos; Turk. Aineros; Ital. Monte Santo)

Athos and at Sepias (See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus vii . 189) . For this they erected to him a See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary or See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar near the Ilissus, and held a festival (Boreasmos) in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . See also:

• THURII, or THURIUM

Thurii also, which was a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Athens, offered See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice to him as Euergetes every See also:

• YEAR

year, because he had destroyed the hostile fleet of See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder (See also:

• AELIAN (AELIANUS TACTICUS)
• AELIAN (CLAUDIUS AELIANUS)

Aelian, See also:

• VAR

Var . Hist. xii .

61) . In See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art Boreas was represented as bearded, powerful, draped against See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, and winged . On the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of the Winds at Athens he is figured holding a See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell, such as is blown by Tritons . Boreas carrying off Oreithyia is the subject of a beautiful See also:

• BRONZE

bronze See also:

• RELIEF

relief in.the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, found in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Calymna . The same subject occurs frequently on painted Greek vases .