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Boreas abducting Oreithyia, detail of an Attic hydria, 5th century bc; in the Vatican Museum.
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Oreithyia

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Boreas abducting Oreithyia, detail of an Attic hydria, 5th century bc; in the Vatican Museum.
Boreas abducting Oreithyia, detail of an Attic hydria, 5th century bc; in the Vatican Museum.

In Greek mythology, Oreithyia was a princess of Athens, daughter of King Erechtheus. She was famously abducted by Boreas, the personification of the north wind. Boreas carried her off to Thrace, where they lived as king and queen and had children. Boreas was often depicted as a winged, bearded, and powerful figure. The Athenians honored Boreas with a sanctuary and festival for his aid against the Persian king Xerxes.1

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