West wind
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A west wind is a wind that originates in the west and blows east. In Greek mythology, Zephyrus (in Latin Favonius) was the personification of west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; in the myth of Cupid and Psyche, he was the attendant of Cupid, who brought Psyche to his master's palace. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote of the "swete breth" of Zephryus.
A soft, gentle breeze may be referred to as a zephyr in literature. This sense dates from 1611 when William Shakespeare wrote in Cymbeline:
"In these two princely boys! They are as gentle / As zephyrs blowing below the violet."
In Classical mythology, Aeolus is the ruler of the winds and eponymous founder of the Aeolian nation. In Homer's classical text, The Odyssey, Aeolus gave Odysseus "winds that howl from every corner".
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