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In Greek mythology, Chloris (/ˈklɔːrɪs/; Greek Χλωρίς Chlōrís, from χλωρός chlōrós, meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") was a nymph or goddess who was associated with spring, flowers and new growth, believed to have dwelt in the Elysian Fields.

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Chloris was abducted by Zephyrus, the god of the west wind (which, as Ovid himself points out, was a parallel to the story of his brother Boreas and Orithyia), who transformed her into a deity known as Flora after they were married. Together, they have a son, named Karpos. She was also thought to have been responsible for the transformations of Adonis, Attis, Crocus, Hyacinthus and Narcissus into flowers.[1]

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Flora, drawing from a Pompeii fresco

Flora, Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Flora, Titian

Flora, Sebastiano Ricci

Flora and Zephyr, Niccolo Bambini

Flora, Willem Drost

Flora, Francesco Melzi

The Empire of Flora, Nicolas Poussin

Flora, Rembrandt

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"As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses:
I was Chloris, who am now called Flora." Ovid

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Chloris and Zephyrus from Primavera of Botticelli

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Flora, Arnold Böcklin, Berlin

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Flora, Jan Matsys

Sculptures:

* Chloris , James Pradier, 1900

Her festival, Floralia, was celebrated on April 28 to May 1 until the 4th century

Chloris is also a genus of grasses in the Poaceae family.

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Flora, 1873, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (11.5.1827 Valenciennes –12.10.1875, Courbevoie) ,Orsay Museum Carpeaux

See also

Demeter/Ceres
Leshy
List of nature deities

Citations

Ovid, Fasti, 5. 195 ff

General references

Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti translated by James G. Frazer. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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