Boreas and Orithyia by Oswald Von Glehn
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Orithyia was a beautiful maiden and the youngest daughter of Erechtheus, the king of Athens. Erechtheus loved his daughter very much and wished to keep her forever close to him.
One day, while Boreas was blowing tenderly, he happened to sight Orithyia while she was happily playing around with her girlfriends, a tender wind caressed her face and made her smile. Amazed by the beauty of Orithyia, he deeply fell in love with her and went straight to her father to ask for her hand.
Her father pretended to be flattered and happily agreed at first, but then he tried to postpone the wedding with any means, making up excuses.
With time, Boreas understood that the king wouldn’t really give away his daughter, so he decided to steal Orithyia and carry her away up to the sky.
Boreas and Orithyia settled in Thrace and gave birth to two daughters, Cleopatra and Chione and two twin sons, Zetes and Calais. who, like their father, grew wings during their adolescence; the twin brothers s later on became companions of greek hero Jason during their quest for the Golden Fleece.
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