Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Zephyrus.
In play
WORK · c. 1485READ MORE ↗
The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
Botticelli's Zephyrus blows Venus ashore on her shell — the west wind as Renaissance art's most famous breath of spring.
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Zephyr
English zephyr names a soft breeze — Zephyrus reduced to the everyday word for gentle western air.