ZEPHYRUS, the west wind, brother of Boreas, the north wind, was the son of the Titan Astraeus and Eos, the dawn (Hes., Theog., 579 ), and had his palace in Thrace (Il., ix. 5; Od., v. 295). He was married to Chloris, the goddess of flowers (Ov., Fast., v. 195), by whom he had a son, Carpus; by the harpy Podarge he was also the father of Xanthus and Balius, the horses of Achilles (Il., xvi. 150).