Boreas

God of the North wind. Blinds Phineus while with the Argonauts in retaliation for the blinding of his sons.

Genealogy

Calais, Chione, Cleopatra, Zetes

Places
  1. Dardania
  2. Ilissus
  3. Salmydessus
  4. Troy
  5. Unknown
Events
  1. Argonauts encounter Phineus on Salmydessus
  2. The Argonauts punish Phineus
  3. Boreas carries off Orithyia and has sex with her
  4. Hera and Boreas send Hercules to Cos
  5. Boreas mates with Erichthonius’ three thousand mares
  6. Erichthonius’ mares give birth to twelve fillies by Boreas
  7. Achilles calls on the winds to light Patroclus’ pyre
  8. Iris fetches Boreas and Zephyrus for Achilles
  9. Boreas and Zephyrus make the pyre of Patroclus burn all night
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.21
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.1
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.2
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.3
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 520
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 389
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 25
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 168
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 215
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 193
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 676
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 19.5
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.7
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 38.2
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.11
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.1
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