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| - | :''"As she talks, her lips breathe spring [[rose]]s: I was [[Chloris]], who am now called [[Flora]]." Ovid'' | + | In [[Greek mythology]], the '''Niobids''' were the children of [[Amphion]] of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] and [[Niobe]], slain by [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]] because Niobe, born of the royal house of [[Phrygia]], had boastfully compared the greater number of her own offspring with those of [[Leto]], Apollo's and Artemis' mother: a classic example of ''[[hubris]]''. |
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| - | There are many stories in [[Greek mythology]] about figures named '''Chloris''' ("Khloris" or χλωρις, from "Khloros" or χλωρος, meaning "greenish-yellow," "pale green," "pale," "pallid" or "fresh"). Some clearly refer to different characters; other stories may refer to the same Chloris, but disagree on details. | + | |
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| - | ==Chloris (Nymph)== | + | |
| - | Chloris was a [[Nymph]] associated with spring, flowers and new growth. Her [[Roman mythology|Roman]] equivalent was the goddess [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]]. She was abducted by (and later married) [[Zephyr]], the god of the west wind. | + | |
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| - | ==Chloris (Meliboea)== | + | |
| - | [[Meliboea]] was one of [[Niobe]] and [[Amphion]]'s fourteen children (the [[Niobids]]), and the only one (or one of two) spared when [[Artemis]] and [[Apollo]] killed the Niobids in retribution for Niobe's insult to their mother [[Leto]], bragging that she had many children and Leto had only two. Meliboea was so frightened by the ordeal, she turned permanently pale, changing her name to Chloris ("pale one"). This Chloris is referred to in [[Homer]]'s [[Odyssey]] (book 11, lines 281-296). | + | |
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| - | She was later to marry to [[Neleus]] and become queen in [[Pylos]]. They had several sons including [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]], [[Alastor]] and [[Chromius]] and a daughter [[Pero]]. Chloris also had a son, [[Poriclymenus]] while married to Neleus, though by some accounts Poriclymenus's father was [[Poseidon]] (who was himself Neleus's father). Poseidon gave Poriclymenus the ability to transform into any animal. Other children include [[Bull (mythology)|Taurus]], [[Asterius]], [[Pylaon]], [[Deimachus]], [[Eurybius]], [[Phrasius]], [[Eurymenes]], [[Evagoras]] and [[Epilaus]].{{Fact|date=April 2009}} | + | |
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| - | [[Odysseus]] is said to have encountered Chloris on his journey to [[Hades]] ([[Homer]]'s [[Odyssey]], 11, 281). | + | |
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| - | ==Chloris (Mother of Mopsus)== | + | |
| - | Chloris married the seer [[Ampyx]] (son of [[Elatus]]), with whom she had a child [[Mopsus]] who also became a renowned seer and would later join the [[Argonaut]]s. | + | |
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| - | ==Etymology== | + | |
| - | The word ''Chloris'' is from the Greek ''Khloros'' meaning "greenish-yellow," "pale green," "pale," "pallid" or "fresh." Words in modern English derived from this root include: | + | |
| - | * The name [[Chloe]] - a Greek name meaning "green shoot"; another name for [[Demeter]], Greek goddess of agriculture. | + | |
| - | * [[Chlorophyll]] - a green pigment involved in [[photosynthesis]] in plants. | + | |
| - | * [[Chlorine]] - a [[chemical element]] that as a gas is greenish-yellow in color. | + | |
| - | * [[Chlorella]] - a species of single-celled green [[algae]], used as a source of [[protein]] and [[B vitamins]]. | + | |
| - | * [[Chlorosis (medicine)|Chlorosis]] - an antiquated term for [[anemia]] characterized by a green color to the skin, also known as "greensickness", which would probably be called [[iron deficiency anemia]] today. | + | |
| - | *[[Chlorosis]], in [[botany]] is a condition in which [[plant]] foliage produces insufficient [[chlorophyll]]. | + | |
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In Greek mythology, the Niobids were the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of Phrygia, had boastfully compared the greater number of her own offspring with those of Leto, Apollo's and Artemis' mother: a classic example of hubris.
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