Galaxy/The codex of Chloris

In Greek mythology, Chloris (Ancient Greek Χλωρίς) is queen of sandy Pylos, wife of Neleus and mother of Nestor, Periclymenus, Chromius, and the maiden Pero. Homer makes her youngest daughter of Amphion of Orchomenus; some mythographers identify her with the sole surviving Niobid. Distinct from the flower-nymph Chloris/Flora and from other women of the same name.

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I.Queen of Pylos

In the Odyssey's underworld catalogue Neleus dwells in sandy Pylos with Chloris, youngest daughter of Amphion son of Iasus who once ruled Orchomenus of the Minyae. By Neleus she bears Nestor, Chromius, Periclymenus, and noble Pero. Suitors sought Pero, but Neleus would give her only to the man who drove the cattle of Phylacus (Iphicles) from Phylace — the Melampus bride-price tale.

Apollodorus places the marriage after Neleus' exile from Iolcus: he founds Pylos and weds Chloris daughter of Amphion. Hyginus makes a Chloris the sole daughter to escape Apollo and Artemis when they destroy Niobe's children, then marry Neleus — a Theban–Pylian identification not shared by all sources.

II.Homonyms

Wikipedia's Chloris article gathers the Pylian queen, the Theban Niobid survivor, the nymph beloved of Zephyrus (Roman Flora), and other minor figures. The atlas node chloris-neleus is Neleus' wife and mother of the Neleids only.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameChloris (Χλωρίς)
Typemortal
Domainsqueen of Pylos · mother of the Neleids · the bride-price of Pero
ParentageAmphion
SymbolsPylian queenship · Bride-price cattle of Phylacus (Pero)
Cult centersPylos
EtymologyGreek Χλωρίς from chlōros ("green, fresh, pale"), a name shared by several mythic women and a spring goddess.
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