ZEPHYRUS  , in

Greek mythology, the west wind (whence the English " zephyr," a light breeze), brother of Boreas, the north wind, and son of the Titan Astraeus and Eos, the dawn . He was the husband of Chloris, the goddess of flowers, by whom he had a son, Carpus, the god of fruit (Ovid, Fasti, v . 197); by the harpy Podarge he was also the father of Xanthus and Balius, the horses of Achilles . Being spurned by Hyacinthus (q.v.), he caused his death by accident at the hands of Apollo . He was identified by the Romans with Favonius, and Chioris with Flora .