Wind deity Notus, the South Wind - Athens, Greece
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A relief sculpture of the wind deity Notus, the South Wind, is located on the frieze of the Tower of the Winds in the Roman Forum at Aiolou, Athens, Greece.
Waymark Code: WM1474Y
Location: Greece
Date Posted: 05/04/2021
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A relief sculpture of wind deity Notus, the South Wind, is located on the frieze of the Tower of the Winds in the Roman Forum at Aiolou, Athens, Greece.
A significant feature of the Tower of the Winds is a frieze of eight relief figures representing the eight wind deities: Boreas (N), Kaikias (NE), Apeliotes (SE), Eurus (E), Notus (S), Lips (SW), Zephyrus (W), and Skiron (NW).
Notus is the winged god of the south wind. He is the son of Astraios and Eos and the brother of Boreas, the god of the North Wind, Eurus, the god of the East Wind, and Zephyrus, the god of the West Wind. Notos was associated with both thunderstorms and a drying hot midsummer wind responsible for the destruction of crops. On the Tower of the Winds, Notus is personified as a beardless young man pouring water from a jug he holds in his right arm. (
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The Tower of the Winds is an octagonal, marble tower that was the world's first meteorological station. The 12 meter high by 8 meter diameter tower was around 50 BC by Andronicus of Cyrrhus. When built it contained sundials, a water clock, and a wind vane.