Boreas

Boreas was the Greek god who commanded the cold north wind, storms, and winter. Though primarily associated with the northern winds, some Roman writers like Aulus Gellius and Pliny the Elder considered him a northeastern wind deity, equating him with the Roman gods Aquilo and Septentrio.

In artistic depictions, Boreas appears as a powerful figure whose fierce nature matched the winds he controlled. He was portrayed either as a winged elderly man or as a young, wild-haired figure with a flowing beard, draped in billowing robes and carrying a conch shell. His most famous myth recounts his abduction of Oreithyia, princess of Athens.