Which Titan was the father of the four wind gods?

Astraeus was the Titan who fathered the four wind gods in Greek mythology. With Eos, the goddess of the dawn, he fathered Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus, and Eurus.

Astraeus belongs to the Titan generation and is usually described as the son of Crius and Eurybia. His name is linked to the Greek word for “star,” fitting his association with the celestial world and twilight. His union with Eos symbolically connects the evening sky and dawn.

In Hesiod’s Theogony, Astraeus and Eos are parents of three winds—Boreas, Zephyrus, and Notus—as well as Eosphorus and the stars. Eurus, the east or southeast wind, is included as their son in later traditions, producing the familiar four-wind grouping.

The nearby names can be confusing: Crius was Astraeus’s father, while Hyperion and Coeus were other Titans. Aeolus, meanwhile, is associated with controlling or keeping the winds, but is not their mythological father.