Eurus

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Eurus is the Greek god of the east wind, one of the Anemoi associated with stormy or unlucky winds.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eurus canonical 8

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek god
deity
wind god
associatedWith bad weather
storms at sea
stormy winds
unlucky winds
cardinalPoint east
category Greek wind gods
Personifications of wind
cosmicFunction controls the east wind
culture Greek mythology
describedAs god of the east wind
storm-bringing wind
direction east
domain east wind
greekName Εὖρος
groupRole one of the directional winds
one of the four chief Anemoi
hasNature chthonic aspects
influences navigation conditions
weather
languageOfName Ancient Greek
memberOf Anemoi
mentionedIn Hesiod’s Theogony
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony

Homeric tradition
linked to: Homeric epics
mythologicalEra Archaic Greece
mythType personified natural force
opposedTo Zephyrus
linked to: Anemoi
pantheon Olympian cosmology
parent Astraeus
Eos
relatedConcept Anemoi
Greek personifications of nature
role personification of the east wind
sibling Boreas
Hesperus
Notus
Phosphorus
linked to: Phosphoros

Zephyrus
linked to: Anemoi
symbol gusting wind
transliteration Euros
windType stormy
unlucky
worshippedIn Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eos offspring Eurus
Astraeus offspring Eurus
Boreas sibling Eurus
Ἠώς offspring Eurus
Notus sibling Eurus
Notus contrastedWith Eurus
Anemoi include Eurus