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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