A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 512
s said to be the son of Apollo andUrania. Hymenaeus was also considered her son. She was themuse of astronomy, and her attributes are a celestial globe and aamall staff. (2.) Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and a nymphin the train of Proserpina (Persephone). (3.) A surname of Aphro-dite (Venus),… … Venti. (Vatican Virgil.) Venti (the Winds). They are personified, and yet are tliephenomena of nature. The master and ruler of winds is ^olus,who lives in the island of ^olia. Other gods have power over them,especially Zeus (Jupiter). Boreas is the north wind ; Eurus theeast wind ; Notus the south…
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