Zephyrus and Boreas are frequently mentioned together by Homer, and both dwelt together in a palace in Thrace. ZE′PHYRUS (Zephuros), the personification of the west wind, is described by Hesiod ( Theog. AREION (by a Harpyia) (Quintus Smyrnaeus 4.569) POTHOS (by Iris) (Nonnus Dionysiaca 47.340) XANTHOS, BALIOS (by Podarge) (Homer Iliad 16.149, Quintus Smyrnaeus 3.743) GAIA (Aeschylus Agamemnon 690) OFFSPRING ASTRAIOS & EOS (Hesiod Theogony 378, Hyginus Pref, Nonnus Dionysiaca 6.18 & 47.340) In Greco-Roman mosaic the god usually appears in the guise of spring personified carrying a basket of unripe fruit. In Greek vase painting, the unlabelled figures of a winged god embracing a youth are often identified as Zephyros and Hyakinthos-although some commentators interpret them as Eros (Love) with a generic youth. Zephyros was depicted in classical art as a handsome, winged youth. Apollon, stricken with grief, transformed the dying youth into a larkspur flower. One day he spied the pair playing a game of quoits in a meadow, and in a jealous rage, blew the disc off-course with a gust of wind, causing it to strike the boy in the head killing him instantly. In myth Zephyros was a rival of the god Apollon for the love of Hyakinthos (Hyacinthus). He was also the god of spring, the husband of Khloris (Chloris) (Greenery), and father of Karpos (Carpus, Fruit). ZEPHYROS (Zephyrus) was the god of the west wind, one of the four seasonal Anemoi (Wind-Gods). West Wind Zephyrus and Hyacinthus, Athenian red-figure kylix C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston