the west wind
the south-west wind
the south wind
the east wind
Capricorn the Goat
Aquarius the water-bearer
Aries sign
Taurus sign
Sagittarius the Archer
Coade stone panel
Coade stone panel
sunlight on the world
south side of the tower
the south winds
globe on the Tower of the Winds
Atlas and Hercules
Zephyros the west wind
Lips the south-west wind
Aries the Ram
Taurus the bull
Taurus shadow
Leo the lion
Notos the south wind
Euros the east wind
Hercules, Euros and Apeliotes
Apeliotes the south-east wind
Kaikias the north-east wind
Hercules and Atlas
the world on their shoulders
holding up against the storm
the north wind
the north-east wind
the south-east wind
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The figures of the Eight Winds appeared on the original Tower of the Winds in Athens and were used by the sculptor John Bacon (1740-99) as the basis for his designs for the flying figures round the top of the stonework of the Observatory. Bacon also designed the two statues (in cast iron) of Atlas and Hercules who support the globe on the roof.
Skiron is depicted as a bearded man tilting a cauldron, indicating that the north-west wind dries up vegetation and represents the onset of winter.
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/history/radcliffe-observatory
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