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the south-east wind

the south-east wind
Apeliotes, the refreshing south-east 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.

Apeliotes was the Greek deity of the south-east wind. As this wind was thought to cause a refreshing rain particularly beneficial to farmers, he is often depicted carrying fruit, draped in a light cloth concealing some flowers or grain.

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

Apeliotes, the south east wind
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