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Boreas warsaw

Statue of Boreas at the Palace of the Four Winds, Warsaw, Poland

Boreas is the greek god of the North Wind, Storms, Winter, Ice, Snow, Clouds, Joy, Happiness, Entertaiment , Loneliness, Calmness and Horses. He is the brother of the other winds (Zephyrus, Notus and Eurus) and the Astra Planeta (the planets). Boreas is the father of Khione by the nymph Oreithiya. His Roman counterpart is Aquilo

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Boreas and his brother Zephyrus enjoyed travelling to Troy and impregnating the mares on the plains. Two children of Boreas, Calais and Zetes , help the Argonauts on their journeys.

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