Chloris (daughter of Amphion)
Chloris ( Greek Χλωρίς ) is in Greek mythology the youngest daughter of Amphion , the king of Orchomenos . When Mother is Persephone , daughter of Minyas called, but is also the mother of Amphion. Her sister was Phylomache , who was married to Neleus ' brother , Pelias , while Chloris herself married Neleus, who paid a handsome bride price for the most beautiful of the virgins. With Neleus she is the mother of Pero , Periklymenos , Alastor and Nestor.
Already in antiquity, Chloris was confused with the niobide Chloris , probably due to the similarity of names between their father and Niobe's husband.
Occasionally, Chloris is also called "Polymede".
literature
- Ludwig von Sybel : Chloris 3 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 896 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Homer , Odyssey 11, 283; Pausanias 9, 36, 8.
- ↑ Scholion to Homer, Odyssey 11, 283.
- ^ Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 10 and 14; Library of Apollodor 1, 9, 9, who lists Tauros, Asterios, Pylaon, Deimachos , Eurybios, Epilaos, Phrasios, Eurymenes, Euagoras as further children .
- ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 10; Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 5, 6; also Pausanias 10, 29, 5.
- ↑ Otto Höfer : Polymede 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 2653 ( digitized version ).