CHLORIS, in Grecian Mythology, the wife of Zephyrus, and the goddess of flowers, identical with the Roman Flora.
Also the name given to Melibea, daughter of Niobe, on account of the pallor of her countenance when terror-stricken at the destruction of her brothers and sisters. See NIOBE.
Another Chloris, the daughter of Amphion of Orchomenos, was the wife of Neleus king of Pylos, and mother of Nestor.