Aura (mythology) Aura (mythology) In Greek and Roman mythology, Aura (, or Αὔρη) is a minor deity, whose name means "breeze". The plural form, Aurae () is sometimes found. According to Nonnus, Aura was the daughter of the Titan Lelantos and the mother, by Dionysus, of Iacchus, a minor deity connected with the Eleusinian mysteries, while Quintus Smyrnaeus, makes the Aurae daughters of Boreas, the North-wind. "Aurae" was the title of a play by the Athenian comic poet Metagenes, who was contemporary with Aristophanes, Phrynichus, and Plato. Nonnus' tells the story of the rape of Aura, by Dionysus, in the final book
HMS Boreas (1757) of action." Further, the sides of the vessel above the level of the deck were too low, leaving the crew exposed to enemy fire should "Boreas" run alongside an opposing ship. Boyle's concerns went unheeded, and "Boreas" was put to sea in early 1758. In April she assisted in the capture of the 36-gun French frigate "Diane". Boyle then sailed her to America on 21 June 1758 and she was subsequently involved in the operations off Louisbourg that year. "Boreas" shared in the proceeds of the capture of the merchantman "Foudroyant" and the schooner "Two Brothers", captured off Louisbourg. She