Boreas
a bellowing wind; the northern wind; a cold northerly wind. In mythology, the son of Astræus and Eos, usually worshipped as the god of the north wind. The assiduity with which the worship of Boreas was cultivated at Athens proceeded from gratitude, the north wind having on one occasion destroyed the fleet of the Persians when meditating the invasion of Attica. A similar cause induced the inhabitants of Megalopolis to consider Boreas as their BORGIA peculiar divinity, in whose honor they instituted an annual festival. Boreas was usually represented with wings dripping with golden dewdrops, and the train of his garment sweeping along the ground.