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ID: 901001825
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001825
Record Type: Character/Person

Zephyrus (Greek deity)

Note: One of the 4 winds, the west wind. Known as a gentle wind who brought life and was messenger of spring. It was thought that Zephyrus lived in a cave in Thrace.

Names:
Zephyrus (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Zephyr (Greek deity) (English)
Zefiro (Greek deity) (Italian-P)
Ζέφυρος (Greek deity) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Anemoi (Greek deities) (I)
................Zephyrus (Greek deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Favonius
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Favonius (Roman deity)) [901001824]

Other Relationships:
is personification of .... west wind
.....(wind (weather phenomena), weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... wind (weather phenomena)
.....(weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... supernatural being
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... spring (season)
.....(seasons, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
originated in .... Thrace
.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:
Zephyrus (Greek deity)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92E5478 (story of) Zephyrus (Favonius)
Zefiro (Greek deity)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Ζέφυρος (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi#Zephyrus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92E5478 (story of) Zephyrus (Favonius)
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

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