Flora and Zephyr.
The god of the west wind, Zephyr, pursued a wood nymph named Chloris. As he kissed her, flowers issued from her breath and she was transformed into Flora, goddess of flowers. This image is embodied in the line from Ovid’s Fasti, “Chloris eram quae Flora vocar” (“Chloris I was who am now called Flora”). The subject is an allegory of spring flowers blooming when the cold earth receives the warm touch of the west wind, by which Zephyr became known as Flora’s consort. In the postclassical arts the two are commonly depicted as an amorous couple, often seen as personifications of spring.

See also Flora; Gods and Goddesses as Seasons; and Zephyr.