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Boreas

the north wind. Boreas was reputed to dwell in Thrace from whence his winds reached Greece. A temple was erected in his honor at Athens to commemorate his destruction of the fleet of Xerxes. In art he was represented with wings. His hair and beard were full of flakes of snow. As he flew along, his trailing garments stirred up clouds of dust. See Wind

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