WHO WAS AQUILO? In Roman mythology Aquilo was the North wind personified. The Romans adopted any number of Greek Gods as their own and gave them their own Roman names; Aquilo was such a one.  Aquilo's Greek mythological counterpart had the name of Boreas. Here he is depicted in a heavy cloak and blowing trough a triton shell.  Aquilo's other Roman 'brothers' were Favonius (West wind), Auster (South wind) and Eurus (East wind).