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Zephyrus

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Zephyrus
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Individual
Editorial note
Named personified wind; the book calls him a wind, not a deity.

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Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Troy1 observation
·Direct

Zephyrus was one of the two winds that reached Troy and fell upon the pyre.

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the two winds rose with a cry that rent the air and swept the clouds before them. They blew on and on until they came to the sea, and the waves rose high beneath them, but when they reached Troy they fell upon the pyre
Thracian sea1 observation
·Direct

Zephyrus was one of the winds that swept over the Thracian sea on the homeward journey.

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The winds then went home beyond the Thracian sea, which roared and boiled as they swept over it.

Claims

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·Simile

The speed of Xanthus and Balius is compared to Zephyrus, who is said to be the fleetest wind.

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as swiftly as Zephyrus who they say is fleetest of all winds
·Direct

Zephyrus hosted the boisterous feast and approached Iris with the other winds.

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They were holding high feast in the house of boisterous Zephyrus when Iris came running up to the stone threshold of the house and stood there, but as soon as they set eyes on her they all came towards her and each of them called her to him
·Direct

Zephyrus rose with an air-rending cry, swept clouds, raised waves, and blasted Patroclus's pyre until it roared.

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the two winds rose with a cry that rent the air and swept the clouds before them. They blew on and on until they came to the sea, and the waves rose high beneath them, but when they reached Troy they fell upon the pyre till the mighty flames roared under the blast that they blew.

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·Direct
the two winds Boreas and Zephyrus
·Direct
the two winds rose with a cry that rent the air

Passage preview

Book 19 · Passage 29

Then fleet Xanthus answered under the yoke—for whitearmed Juno had endowed him with human speech—and he bowed his head till his mane touched the ground as it hung down from under the yoke-band. ‘Dread Achilles,’ said he, ‘we will indeed save you now, but the day of your death is near, and the blame will not be ours, for it will be heaven and stern fate that will destroy you. Neither was it through any sloth or slackness on our part that the Trojans stripped Patroclus of his armour; it was the mighty god whom lovely Leto bore that slew him as he fought among the foremost, and vouchsafed a triumph to Hector. We two can fly as swiftly as Zephyrus who they say is fleetest of all winds; nevertheless it is your doom to fall by the hand of a man and of a god.’