Zephyrus

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.7 West wind

  Zephyrus, the gentle west wind in whose breath the reed trembles - the simile for the girl's quivering limbs.

• The Art of Love §2.21 Zephyrus

  The gentle west wind.

• The Heroides §11 Zephyr

  The west wind, gentlest of the winds, ruled by Aeolus.

• The Heroides §14 Zephyr

  The west wind, to whose gentle stirring of the corn Hypermestra likens her trembling.

• The Heroides §15 the Zephyrs

  The west winds, which Sappho fears carry off her unheeded words to Phaon.

• The Festivals §5.2 Zephyrus

  The warm west wind, who carried off and married Chloris/Flora.

• The Festivals §6.16 Zephyrus

  The favorable west wind, which sailors may trust.

• Metamorphoses §1.2 Zephyr

  The gentle West wind, set toward the lands warmed by the setting sun.

• Sorrows §1.2 Zephyrus

  The west wind, 'sent from the late evening.'