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Skiron the north west wind

Skiron the north west wind
Radcliffe Observatory, Tower of the Winds
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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.


"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.

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

the north-west wind
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