god
Iris
also: the rainbow
Goddess of the rainbow and messenger of Juno; she draws up water to replenish the rain-clouds in the Flood.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §1.6 Iris
The rainbow goddess, Juno's messenger, who draws up water to feed the rain-clouds.
- Metamorphoses §14.470 daughter of Thaumas
Iris, the rainbow-messenger, daughter of the sea-god Thaumas ('the Thaumantian maiden'), here Juno's envoy to Hersilie.