Boreas is the Titan of the north wind. When he and Apollo fall in love with the same mortal man, Boreas kills the mortal so that Apollo, an Olympian, can’t have him. Boreas’s heartless murder of the mortal demonstrates the callousness of the gods. It also demonstrates how people in power do not care about who is collateral damage in their squabbles for status.
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Boreas Character Timeline in Circe
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Chapter 3
...someone’s unending punishment? Instead, they move on to the latest gossip, such as how Titan Boreas and Olympian Apollo have fallen in love with the same mortal. The mortal in question...
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