Chloris (wife of Neleus)

Also known as: Chloris · Role: daughter of Amphion · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 36

Life events

• Neleus married Chloris, the daughter of Amphion.(Book 9 · Chapter 36)
  • With: Neleus
  • “that Neleus, the son of Cretheus, who was king at Pylos married the Orchomenian Chloris the daughter of Amphion the son of Iasius.”
• Chloris married Neleus, the son of Poseidon.(Book 10 · Chapter 29)
  • With: Neleus
  • “and that Chloris was married to Poseidon’s son Neleus.”

Book 9 · Chapter 36

• married with Neleus “Neleus, the son of Cretheus, who was king at Pylos married the Orchomenian Chloris the daughter of Amphion the son of Iasius.”
• parent: Amphion (son of Iasius) “Chloris the daughter of Amphion the son of Iasius.”

Book 10 · Chapter 29

• friends with Thyia “no one will err who states that there was a great friendship between these two women in their lifetime”
• married with Neleus “There are other traditions about them, as that Poseidon had an intrigue with Thyia, and that Chloris was married to Poseidon’s son Neleus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.