"Mars Bar."
Favonius: A Journal Devoted to the Classics and the Classical Tradition, vol.
(73)
Favonius begins his conjuring act at the end of the speech by
O seu equivalente na mitologia romana e Favonio (
Favonius, 'favoravel'), que exercia o dominio sobre as plantas e flores.
Il parle des signes par lesquels elle se fait sentir a toutes choses; a toutes choses, c'est-a-dire aussi aux choses qui annoncent ou repetent cette arrivee, qui la sont, par exemple les brises plus tiedes, le zephyr ou "
Favonius" de quelques Odes d'Horace (I, 4; IV, 7; IV 12), ou du sonnet no 310 du Canzoniere de Petrarque, et de beaucoup de poemes en toutes langues.
Winners of the event, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, were Enrico Scerni's Kora 4 (ITA) in the Club Swan 42 division, Roel Pieper's
Favonius (BVI) in the Maxi division, John Bainbridge's Zen (GBR) in the Classic division and Earlybird (GER), owned by Christian Nagel and Hendrik Brandis in the Swan 45 division.
In Middle High German, this wind was known as foenne, in its turn derived from the Latin
favonius, the term for a warm spring wind.
Baron Rothschild's
Favonius at 9-1 won the 1871 Derby - plus the Oaks, 1,000 Guineas and St Leger in the same year.
Favonius, the west wind, is found standing in front of an altar inscribed with the legend, "Jovi Hospitali Sacrum'.