Chloris
Also known as: Melibœa · Role: victor in the maidens' race · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 21
In Book 2, Chapter 21, Chloris, also called Melibœa, survived Apollo and Artemis’s slaughter of the children of Amphion and Niobe; she and her brother Amyclas (son of Amphion) were saved while supplicating Leto. Fear turned Melibœa pale, and her name changed to Chloris. Chloris and Amyclas (son of Amphion) are also said to have built Leto’s original temple.
By Book 5, Chapter 16, Chloris was recorded as victor in the maiden games, the only surviving child of Amphion apart from one brother.
Relationship record
Life events
- Chloris and Amyclas survived Apollo and Artemis's slaughter of Niobe's children.(Book 2 · Chapter 21)
- With: Amyclas (son of Amphion) Niobe Apollo Artemis Leto
- “And when the children of Amphion and Niobe were slain by Apollo and Artemis, she alone and Amyclas were saved alive, as they supplicated Leto.”
- Melibœa's name changed to Chloris after fear turned her pale.(Book 2 · Chapter 21)
- “insomuch that her name was changed from Melibœa into Chloris (pale).”
- Chloris became the victor in the maiden games.(Book 5 · Chapter 16)
- With: Amphion
- “And they record that Chloris (with the exception of one brother the only surviving child of Amphion) was the victor.”
Book 2 · Chapter 21
- parent: Amphion “when the children of Amphion and Niobe were slain by Apollo and Artemis, she alone and Amyclas were saved alive”
- siblings with Amyclas (son of Amphion) “she alone and Amyclas were saved alive”
- with Leto (Chloris supplicated Leto.) “she alone and Amyclas were saved alive, as they supplicated Leto”
- with Amyclas (son of Amphion) (They are said to have jointly built the original temple.) “This Chloris and Amyclas the Argives say built the original temple of Leto”
Book 5 · Chapter 16
- parent: Amphion “Chloris (with the exception of one brother the only surviving child of Amphion) was the victor.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.