Mediterranean world, the classical compass winds were names for the points of geographic direction and orientation, in association with the winds as conceived of...

A compass rose or compass star, sometimes called a wind rose or rose of the winds, is a polar diagram displaying the orientation of the cardinal directions...

Ἄνεμοι, "Winds") were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came (see Classical compass winds), and were...

Four Winds may refer to: Classical compass winds, the winds associated with the points of the compass The Anemoi, personifications of winds in Greek mythology...

summary, the 32-wind compass rose comes from the eight principal winds, eight half-winds, and sixteen quarter-winds combined, with each compass point at an...

ancient text which reproduces the concepts of the Anemoi or "wind gods" and classical compass winds, both of which have been historical components of western...

The Temple of the Winds at West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire, dating from the late 18th century. Anemoi Classical compass winds History of timekeeping...

example, classical Greek culture characterized these winds as Anemoi. In pre-modern Europe more generally, between eight and 32 points of the compass – cardinal...

sometimes said to inhabit various kinds of winds such as whirlwinds, cyclones, monsoons, west winds and trade winds. Prior to reincarnating into another lifeform...

Africa, America, South Asia and the Pacific. Antillia Catalan chart Classical compass winds Cornaro Atlas La Cartografía Mallorquina Majorcan cartographic...

(Festival of Wind) is held periodically on the Prado Beach in Marseille. Winds of Provence Classical compass winds Bora (wind) Cers (wind) Chinook wind Cierzo...

Agrestes, legendary pagan king of Camelot Argestes, one of the classical compass winds "Argestes" 6th episode of the 2nd season of Succession This disambiguation...

system of twelve winds by adding four winds to the classical eight, introducing the complete 12-point Classical compass winds of Classical Antiquity. Timosthenes...

in 1972, 1974, and 1975 respectively. Classical compass winds – the phrase refers to the Classical 12-point wind rose, not the later mariners' rose of...

opposite. Classical compass winds List of wind deities Observatory Street, Oxford Radcliffe Observatory Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Tower of the Winds, Athens...

composed of them "such as humans, plants, and the like." (390b24). Classical compass winds History of science Mpemba effect Timeline of meteorology Frisinger...

edge are eight personifications of winds, two on each side, labelled with the names of the twelve classical compass winds or Anemoi: clockwise from the top...

location of the Cloud King's realm. The dwarf then summons the classical compass winds (north, south, west and east). None have any idea about its location...

produce string-like sounds. "Four Winds" is a four-part work, whose sections are musical portraits of the four compass points (North, South, East and West)...

and highest note. Among British English speakers, and perhaps others, compass means the same thing as chromatic range—the interval between the lowest...

escape, Aeolus gave Odysseus a leather bag containing all the winds except the west wind, a gift that should have ensured a safe return home. Just as Ithaca...

Water is one of the classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy along with air, earth and fire, in the Asian Indian system Panchamahabhuta, and in...

point of the compass. In alchemy, earth was believed to be primarily dry, and secondarily cold, (as per Aristotle). Beyond those classical attributes,...

are often inaccurate because solar winds disturb the electromagnetic field of the Earth. Magnetic North on the compass will be inaccurate because true magnetic...

breeze cycle can define local winds; in areas that have variable terrain, mountain and valley breezes can prevail. Winds are commonly classified by their...

Fire is one of the four classical elements along with earth, water and air in ancient Greek philosophy and science. Fire is considered to be both hot...

by Xerxes, the people prayed to Boreas, who was said to have then caused winds to sink 400 Persian ships. A cult was established in Athens in 480 B. C...

"Rose of the Winds", a precursor of the Compass rose. The drawing depicts the twelve winds grouped around a central cross. The twelve winds are represented...

Ceol More (Compass, 2002) Singing Sands with Alain Gentry (Compass, 2005) The Maker's Mark (Compass, 2008) Mysterious Boundaries (Compass, 2013) Round...

wasp waists". East looks like a classical letter E/epsilon. The western mark looks like a "W" on its side, or "West winds wool" (looks like a bobbin) East...