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Chloris is a Nymph goddess of spring, flowers and new growth in Greek Mythology.


Genealogy and Family[]

According to Ovid, Chloris is the daughter of Oceanus. With her husband, Zephyrus, she is the mother of Karpos- a youth renowned for his beauty, that met a tragic and premature death. 

Stories[]

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Some historians have hypothesised that the female figure held by the god on the left, Zephyrus in this painting- is Khloris and the figure on land may be Flora. Flora also being the Roman equivalent of the Greek Chloris.

According to the poet, Ovid, Chloris was a Nymph, abducted by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, (similiar to abduction of Orithyia by Boreas) who married her and transformed Khloris into the deity Flora. The wife spoke of her transformation saying: "As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I was Chloris, who am now called Flora." Together, the couple had a son, named Karpos. She was also thought to have been responsible for the transformations of Adonis, Attis, Crocus, Hyacinthus and Narcissus into flowers.

Chloris is said to reside in Elysium, also called 'The Islands of the Blessed" the final resting place of the souls of heroes and virtuous men.

Personality and Appearance[]

She appears as a beautiful, youthful woman.

Trivia[]

Chloris' name comes from the word Khloros meaning 'green shoots'.

Χλωρις, is the ancient Greek spelling of her name.

Flora is her roman name.

Like Persephone and Thallo, she is a goddess associated with the season of spring.

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