Solanus

The god of the pure east wind. Roman sailors called this wind also subsolanus (lying beneath the sun),1 i.e., the wind that comes from the rising sun. Known in Greece as Apeliotes. See also Vulturnus.

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References

Notes

  1. Gellius. Attic Nights ii, 22.

Source

  • Vitruvius. On Architecture i, 6.