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<blockquote data-quote="Roger" data-source="post: 5208832" data-attributes="member: 17420">According to ye olde Wikipedia:In Greek mythology, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi" target="_blank">the Anemoi</a> (in Greek, Ἄνεμοι — &quot;winds&quot;) were wind gods&nbsp; who were each ascribed a cardinal direction, from which their respective winds came, and were each associated with various seasons and weather&nbsp; conditions. Of the four chief Anemoi, Boreas was the north wind and bringer of cold winter air, Notus was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn, and Zephyrus was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; Eurus, the east wind, was not associated with any of the three Greek seasons.The Roman equivalent of Boreas was Aquilo, or Aquilon. An alternate, rarer name used for the northern wind was Septentrio.Notus' equivalent in Roman mythology was Auster, the embodiment of the sirocco&nbsp; wind, who brought heavy cloud cover and fog or humidity. The east wind's Roman counterpart was Vulturnus, not to be confused with Volturnus.Zephyrus' Roman equivalent was Favonius, who held dominion over plants and flowers.Cheers,Roger</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Roger, post: 5208832, member: 17420"] According to ye olde Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi"]the Anemoi[/URL] (in Greek, Ἄνεμοι — "winds") were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction, from which their respective winds came, and were each associated with various seasons and weather conditions. Of the four chief Anemoi, Boreas was the north wind and bringer of cold winter air, Notus was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn, and Zephyrus was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; Eurus, the east wind, was not associated with any of the three Greek seasons. The Roman equivalent of Boreas was Aquilo, or Aquilon. An alternate, rarer name used for the northern wind was Septentrio. Notus' equivalent in Roman mythology was Auster, the embodiment of the sirocco wind, who brought heavy cloud cover and fog or humidity. The east wind's Roman counterpart was Vulturnus, not to be confused with Volturnus. Zephyrus' Roman equivalent was Favonius, who held dominion over plants and flowers. Cheers, Roger [/QUOTE]

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