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the north-west wind

the north-west wind
Skiron, god of the north-west wind
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Tower of the Winds, Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford:

The figures of the Eight Winds appeared on the original Tower of the Winds in Athens and were used by the sculptor John Bacon (1740-99) as the basis for his designs for the flying figures round the top of the stonework of the Observatory. Bacon also designed the two statues (in cast iron) of Atlas and Hercules who support the globe on the roof.

Skiron is depicted as a bearded man tilting a cauldron, indicating that the north-west wind dries up vegetation and represents the onset of winter.

www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/history/radcliffe-observatory

Skiron the north west wind
10 years ago. Edited 14 months ago.

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