Chloris of Thebes


In Greek mythology, the name Chloris also called Meliboea, was one of Niobe and Amphion's fourteen children. She was often confused with another Chloris, daughter of another Amphion, who became the wife of Neleus of Pylos.

Mythology

Meliboea was the only one 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. Pausanias mentioned a statue of Chloris near the sanctuary of Leto in Argos. In another version, she is a daughter of Teiresias.