The South Wind, son of Astraeus and Eos the Dawn — one of the strong-hearted winds Hesiod names beside Zephyrus and headlong Boreas, a god-sent kind when he blows with his brothers, unlike the fitful gusts that work havoc on the sea.1
Hesiod sets his birth among the strong-hearted winds: Eos the Dawn, mating in love with Astraeus, bore brightening Zephyrus and Boreas, headlong in his course, and Notus — a goddess mating with a god. After them she bore Eosphorus, the Dawn-bringer, and the gleaming stars with which heaven is crowned.2
When the farmer should hurry his ship home, Notus accompanies the heavy autumn rain of Zeus and stirs up the sea, making the deep dangerous — while only Notus, Boreas, and clear Zephyr among the winds are a god-sent kind and a great blessing to men.3
Hyginus preserves the same household under Latin names: to Astraeus and Aurora were born Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus, and Favonius — the west wind counted beside the three Hesiod names.4
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the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story