One day he spied the pair playing a game of quoits in a meadow, and in a jealous rage, blew the disc off-course with a gust of wind, causing it to strike the boy in the head killing him instantly. In myth Zephyros was a rival of the god Apollon for the love of Hyakinthos (Hyacinthus).
He was also the god of spring, the husband of Khloris (Chloris) (Greenery), and father of Karpos (Carpus, Fruit). ZEPHYROS (Zephyrus) was the god of the west wind, one of the four seasonal Anemoi (Wind-Gods).
West Wind Zephyrus and Hyacinthus, Athenian red-figure kylix C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston
