Chione (daughter of Boreas)
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In Greek mythology, Chione [1] (from Greek χιών - chiōn, "snow"[2]) is the nymph or minor goddess of snow.
Mythology
She is the daughter of Boreas, the North Wind, and Oreithyia. Chione is the mother of Poseidon's son Eumolpus.[3] Her siblings included Zetes, Calaides and Phineus's wife, Cleopatra.[4]
Popular culture
Chione (spelled as Khione) is an antagonist in Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus series. She resides in Montreal with her father Boreas and her brothers Zethes and Cal (the Boreads). She first appears in The Lost Hero as a self-centered minor goddess desperate for power outside her father's realm. Khione voluntarily aligns herself with the series's main antagonist, Gaia (spelled Gaea), and defies the will of her father and the other gods. The character Leo Valdez finds her attractive, which makes it easy for her to manipulate him and other protagonists throughout the series.[5] Chione appears as Khione in the Heroes of Olympus series by E.K. Intravia, trying to turn Penellope Falls evil, and in Marisa Malloy and the Olympians in Ariele's dream, which is a vision of her future, and on the 'Emerald' trying to kill Marisa.
References
- ↑ Khione, on Theoi
- ↑ χιών, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 157
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 15. 2
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