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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.
Mythology
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]
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
"As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses:
I was Chloris, who am now called Flora." Ovid
Chloris and Zephyrus from Primavera of Botticelli
Flora, Arnold Böcklin, Berlin
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.
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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