Editing Iris (mythology) (section)

== Family ==
According to [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'', Iris is the daughter of [[Thaumas]] and the [[Oceanid]] [[Electra (Oceanid)|Electra]] and the sister of the [[Harpies]]: [[Arke]] and [[Ocypete]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/4#265 265]; cf. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D6 1.2.6].</ref> During the [[Titanomachy]], Iris was the messenger of the [[Olympian gods]] while her sister [[Arke]] betrayed the Olympians and became the messenger of the gods' enemy, the [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]]. She is the goddess of the rainbow. She also serves nectar to the goddesses and gods to drink.

[[Zephyrus]], who is the god of the west wind, is often said to be her consort. Together they had a son named [[Pothos (mythology)|Pothos]],<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca03nonnuoft/page/396/mode/2up?view=theater 47.340]</ref> or alternatively they were the parents of [[Eros]],<ref>[[Alcaeus of Mytilene|Alcaeus]] frag [https://books.google.com/books?id=4uhBArQUknYC&pg=PA82 149]</ref> the god of love, according to sixth century BC Greek lyric poet [[Alcaeus of Mytilene|Alcaeus]], though Eros is usually said to be the son of [[Ares]] and [[Aphrodite]]. According to the ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' of [[Nonnus]], Iris' brother is [[Hydaspes (mythology)|Hydaspes]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/529#26.351 26.355&ndash;365]</ref>

She is also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky. Iris links the gods to [[human]]ity. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other<ref name="The Iliad">The Iliad, Book II, "And now Iris, fleet as the wind, was sent by Jove to tell the bad news among the Trojans."</ref> and into the depths of the [[sea]] and the [[underworld]].