Pantheon: Greek
Abode: Sky, Mount Olympus
Parents: Astraeus and Eos
Consort: Oreithyia
Notable Siblings: Winds (Eurus, Notus and Zephyrus), Eosphorus, the Stars, Memnon, Emathion, Astraea
Notable Children: Boreads, Chione, Cleopatra, Butes, Haemus, Upis, Cyparissia, Twelve Colts
Associations: Northern Wind, Storms, Winter
Symbols: Conch Shell
Roman Equivalent: Aquilo or Septentrio
Key Points
- Personifcation / Master of the Northern Winds
Brief Bio
Boreas is the Greek god of the cold north wind, storms, and winter. Although he was normally taken as the north wind, the Roman writers Aulus Gellius and Pliny the Elder both took Boreas as a northeast wind, equivalent to the Roman god Aquilo or Septentrio. Boreas is depicted as being very strong, with a violent temper to match. He was frequently shown as a winged old man or sometimes as a young man with shaggy hair and beard, holding a conch shell and wearing a billowing cloak. Boreas's most known myth is his abduction of the Athenian princess Oreithyia.
Boreas Βορρᾶς
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
