Zephyr.
The Greek god of the west wind, Zephyr (Zephyrus) was, according to Hesiod, a son of Eos (Aurora), the dawn, and Astraeus. The warm west wind was thought to awaken the cold earth in springtime, and the god’s name survives in the word zephyr, meaning a light, pleasant breeze. Homer calls Zephyr the sire, by the harpy Podarge, of the two immortal horses Xanthus and Balius, favorites of Achilles. Some writers held a jealous Zephyr responsible for the death of Apollo’s beloved Hyacinth. Zephyr was sometimes called the husband of Iris, but he is best known as the lover of Flora, goddess of spring, who was transformed from the nymph Chloris by his touch.
      Zephyr plays an important role transporting Psyche across boundary, mortality and the divine, in Apuleius The Golden Ass, aka Metamorphoses.
      
      
       See also Flora; Gods and Goddesses, as Seasons; Hyacinth; Psyche.