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General information
In and, the Anemoi ( Ἄνεμοι, "Winds") were wind gods who were each ascribed a  from which their respective winds came (see ), and were each associated with various  and  conditions.

Mythology
They were sometimes represented as mere, at other times were personified as {{WPL|wing|winged]] men, and at still other times were depicted as {{WPL|horse|horses}} kept in the stables of the storm god {{WPL|Aeolus}}, who provided {{WPL|Odysseus}} with the {{WPL|Anemoi}} in the {{WPL|Odyssey}}. The {{WPL|Laconia|Spartans}} were reported to sacrifice a horse to the winds on {{WPL|Taygetus|Mount Taygetus}}. {{WPL|Astraeus}}, the astrological deity (sometimes associated with {{WPL|Aeolus}}), and {{WPL|Eos}} / {{WPL|Aurora}}, the goddess of the {{WPL|dawn}}, were the parents of the {{WPL|Anemoi}}, according to the {{WPL|Ancient Greece|Greek}} poet {{WPL|Hesiod}}. The daughters of the {{WPL|Anemoi}} are the {{WPL|Aurae}} (wind {{WPL|nymph|nymphs}}).

Of the four chief {{WPL|Anemoi}}, Boreas (Aquilo in {{WPL|Latin}}) was the north wind and bringer of cold winter air, {{WPL|Zephyrus}} ({{WPL|Favonius}} in {{WPL|Latin}}) was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes, and Notus (Auster in {{WPL|Latin}}) was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn; {{WPL|Eurus}}, the southeast (or according to some, the east) wind, was not associated with any of the three {{WPL|Attic calendar|Greek seasons}}, and is the only one of these four {{WPL|Anemoi}} not mentioned in Hesiod's {{WPL|Theogony}} or in the {{WPL|Orpheus#Orphic poems and rites|Orphic Hymns}}.

The deities equivalent to the {{WPL|Anemoi}} in {{WPL|Roman mythology}} were the {{WPL|Venti|Venti}} ({{WPL|Latin}}, "winds"). These gods had different names, but were otherwise very similar to their Greek counterparts, borrowing their attributes and being frequently conflated with them.

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Notus
Notus (Νότος, Nótos) was the Greek god of the. He was associated with the desiccating hot wind of the rise of after, was thought to bring the storms of late summer and autumn, and was feared as a destroyer of crops.

Notos' equivalent in was Auster, the embodiment of the  wind, a southerly wind which brings cloudy weather, strong winds and rain to southern Europe.

The name "Australia" (the 'southern land') is derived from Auster.

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