Lips (Gr: Λιψ) was the Greek deity of the southwest wind.
Parents[]
Astraios (Father) & Eos (Mother)
Siblings[]
Boreas
Euros
Notos
Zephyros
Apeliotes
Kaikias
Skeiron
Appearance[]
He was often portrayed as a young man holding a ship's stern-post, because the south-west wind blew straight into the harbor of Piraeus, preventing ships from sailing.
Trivia[]
- His name is Africus in Latin