etesian wind

The Etesian winds have begun to blow, so he should be here in two days."

Any minute now the Meltemi, the Etesian wind, will start up from the north-west.

The Etesian wind - the Meltemi as they it in these parts - starts up around about noon.

Heatwaves may occur, but they are usually quite mild at the coastal areas, where the Etesian winds blow throughout the summer.

The Inundation is due, the Etesian winds are blowing.

Aristotle also makes special note of the periodic bending summer Etesian winds, which comes from different directions depending on where the observer lives.

At the snail's pace he's moving, the Etesian winds will be blowing before he leaves Alexandria.

The following day, the Ides of October, the Etesian winds arrived with the dawn.

The Etesian Winds won't be blowing, but Auster has been very late of recent years."

Two male figures soaring in flight above the divine triad represent the propitious Etesian winds that blow during the summer.

"Wait until the Etesian winds come, Cato, they'll blow you straight to our Roman province.

If the Etesian winds are late, I can't guarantee that they'll reach Africa Province."

"There are perhaps four nundinae of the Etesian winds left," he said, "so somehow I have to push Labienus into moving on.

The Macedonians gave Antipater the name Etesias, because the etesian winds blew during the short time that he was king.

Aparctias, Aquilo-the Etesian winds!

The Etesian wind came up from the north, and swept away the vapour from the harbours, so that I saw their blue waters rocking a thousand ships.

According to C. Michael Hogan, the Etesian winds are the dominant weather influence in the Aegean Basin.

During the summer months, strong northerly winds blow into the Aegean Sea (the Etesian winds), making it difficult for the Athenians to send ships north.

Philip finally began his campaign against the Chalkidian league in 349 BC, probably in July, when the Etesian winds would prevent Athens sending aid.

Philip was to make repeated use of the Etesian winds, campaigning during those months (or in winter), when the Athenian navy would be unable to send assistance to his enemies.

The Athenians prepared to send a force of citizen hoplites, but they were delayed by the weather, probably due to the Etesian winds, and arrive too late to achieve anything.

The Greek and Latin historians do not speak favourably of it, and Strabo says it is very dangerous during the Etesian winds and in the rainy season.

Confusing matters, in a later chapter, Pliny goes on to say that Aquilo, in the summer, turns into the Etesian winds, the periodic wind already referred to by Aristotle.

He took the tiller in his hand; the steady north wind, the Etesian wind, kept blowing in the sails, and he steered straight southward for the mouths of the Nile.

The atmosphere is always warm, but fierce heat waves (temperatures above 38 C) are not very common, since the prevailing Etesian winds ("Meltemia") blow from northern directions and pleasantly moderate the conditions.