Editing Zephyrus (section)

=== Cult ===
Ancient cult of the wind gods is attested in several ancient Greek states.{{sfn|Farnell|1909|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56576/page/415/mode/2up?view=theater 416]}} According to the geographer [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], the Winds were jointly worshipped in the town of [[Titani|Titane]], in [[Sicyon]], where the local priest offered sacrifice to them,{{sfn|Farnell|1909|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56576/page/417/mode/2up?view=theater 417]}}<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.12.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 2.12.1]</ref> and in [[Coroneia (Boeotia)|Coronea]], a town in [[Boeotia]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D34%3Asection%3D3 9.34.3]</ref> It is also known that the citizens of [[Laciadae]] in [[Attica]] had erected an altar for Zephyrus.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.37.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 1.37.2]</ref> According to a fragment doubtfully attributed to the fifth-century BC poet [[Bacchylides]], a [[Rhodes|Rhodian]] farmer named Eudemus built a temple in honour of the west wind god, in gratitude for his help.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Silver | first1 = Isidore | date = 1945 | title = Du Bellay and Hellenic Poetry | url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/459286 | journal = [[Modern Language Association|PMLA]] | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | volume = 60 | issue = 4 | jstor = 459286 | pages = 949–50 | doi = 10.2307/459286 | s2cid = 163633516 | access-date = May 25, 2023| url-access = subscription }}</ref>