- Information
- personification of the north wind
- Son of
- 👤 Astraios 👤 Eos
- Descendant of
- 👤 Theia
- Father of
- 👤 Calais 👤 Chione (d. of Boreas) 👤 Cleopatra (Thracian) 👤 Opis 👤 Zetes 👤 Hecaerge 👤 Loxo 👤 Hyrpax
- Husband of
- 👤 Oreithyia (Athenian)
- Has children with
- 👤 Oreithyia (Athenian) 👤 Chione (d. of Arcturos) 👥 the Mares of Erichthonios
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 River Ilissos (Athens)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Achilles 👤 Ares 👥 the Argonauts 👤 Astraios 👤 Calais 👤 Chione (d. of Boreas) 👤 Cleopatra (Thracian) 👤 Eos 👤 Erechtheus 👤 Hera 👤 Theia 👤 Idaia (Thracian) 👤 Iris 🌍 Athens (Attica) 👤 Oreithyia (Athenian) 👤 Pandion (Thracian) 👤 Patroclos (Myrmidon) 👤 Phineus (Thracian) 👤 Plexippos (s. of Phineus) 👤 Leto 👤 Opis 👤 Zetes 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Mount Haimos (Thrace) 🌍 Attica 🌍 River Strymon (Thrace) 🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) 🌍 Salmydessos (Thrace) 👥 the Horses of Laomedon 🌍 the Troad 🌍 River Ilissos (Athens) 👤 Zephyr 👤 Notos 👤 Eosphoros 👤 Hecaerge 👤 Mousaios 👤 Loxo 👤 Chione (d. of Arcturos) 👤 Hyrpax 🌍 the Bed of Boreas (alt. Caucasos) 🏛️ the Cave of Boreas (Scythia) 👥 the Mares of Erichthonios
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.16 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.21 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.3 📖 Hesiod, Works & Days 504-508 📖 Pausanias 1.19.5 📖 Pausanias 1.22.7 📖 Pausanias 1.38.2 📖 Pausanias 8.36.6 📖 Homer, Iliad 9.1-9.8 📖 Homer, Iliad 20.215-20.240 📖 Homer, Iliad 23.193-23.216 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 423-425 📖 Pausanias 5.19.1-5.19.6 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 378-382 📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 28 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 22 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 11-27 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 55-74 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 275-299 📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 3 📖 Lucian, The Dance 40 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 110 Harder 📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 169-202 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 5 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 14 📖 Strabo 7.3.1 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.675-6.721 📖 Ovid, Amores 1.6 📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 86 Hollis 📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 87 Hollis 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.1-7.73 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.690-758
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Dionysios, Periegesis Hesiod, Theogony Hesiod, Works & Days Pausanias Strabo Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Callimachus, Aetia Callimachus, Hymn to Delos Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, The Dance Pindar, Pythian 4 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid, Amores Callimachus, Hecale
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Onomacritos fr. 5 d'Agostino 📖 Sophocles fr. 956 Radt 📖 Plato, Phaidros 229-230
- Depictions
- 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the group of Polygnotos (Otago E48.220; Beazley 213767) 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Hydria attributed to the Christie Painter (Benaki 31115; Beazley 41133) 🎨 Boiotian Red-Figure Skyphos attributed to the Argos Painter (NAM 12472)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205)