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with the wings of victory, the wheel of fortune by her side, and herself 
holding the serpent and cup of Hygeia, to signify her dominion over riches, 
war, and health. A totally different representation (pl. 16, jig. 2) shows 
her with a diadem, short upper and lower vestments, ri with eagles’ 
talons, her forefingers pointed against each other. 
4, The Parca or Fates were three in number, Clotho, Lachesis, and 
Atropos. Their office was to spin the destinies of men. 
_ 5. The Eumenies, Ermyyes, or Furia, three in number, Alecto, Megera, 
and Tisiphone, born from the blood flowing from the wounds inflicted by 
Uranos on Cronos, were goddesses of revenge, especially of murder, and 
was ornamented by eight statues, viz. those of the principal winds now 
named, and four at the points between them. 
5. Arrrat Gops or Winns. 
At an early period the four principal winds were converted into mythical 
personages. We notice briefly: 
1. Apetiotss, or the East Wind (pl. 22, fig. 12). He brought mild and 
refreshing rains, and fostered the growth of vegetables, wherefore he appears 
with fruit and a honey-comb in the folds of his mantle. 
2. Noros, or the South Wind (jig. 18). He was also god of rain, and is 
accordingly represented with an inverted vessel. 
3. Zepuyros, or the West Wind (jig. 14), signified warmth in summer; 
he is represented as the promoter of vegetation in the spring, with his mantle 
filled with flowers. 
4. Boreas, or the North Wind (fig. 15), is represented bearded and carry- 
ing a sea-shell, expressive of the roaring north wind. He seized and 
violently bore off to his cave Oreithyia, the daughter of A7echtheus (jig. 
16), who did not, however, reciprocate his love. 
~The winds were subsequently increased, and an octagonal tower at Athens 
following the steps of a murderer by day and night, embittering every 
moment of his life, until he had expiated his crime. 
6. Gops or THE WATER. 
1. Nerevs, son of Pontos and Gaza, ruled over the Aigean Sea. By 
his prophetic power, which never proved fallacious, he rendered important 
assistance to both gods and men. He was represented as a bearded old 
man (pl. 21, fig. 7), whose brow, chin, and breast were covered with a 
species of angular leaves taken from sea plants. Cows’ horns spring from 
the crown of his head, two dolphins glide through his slimy beard, and vine 
leaves and clusters of grapes adorn his hair. The horns and dolphins pro- 
perly characterize him as a sea god; the grapes and vine leaves refer espe- 
cially to the celebrated vineyards on the coast of the Aigean. 
2. Tue Nerems. These sea-goddesses were daughters of Nereus, and 
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