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Boreads
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- For the genus of noctuid moths, see Zethes (moth).
The Boreads, in Greek mythology, were Calais and Zetes (also Zethes). They were the sons of Boreas and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. They were winged heroes.
They were Argonauts and played a particularly vital role in the rescue of Phineas from the harpies. They succeeded in driving the monsters away but did not kill them, at a request from the goddess of the rainbow, Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the harpies again. As thanks, Phineas told the Argonauts how to pass the Symplegades. It is said that the Boreads were turned back by Iris at the Strophades.Orithyia is the mother of Zetes and Calais, who went on the quest of the golden fleece with Jason.
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- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica I, 211-223.
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