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]

References

  1. ↑ Khione, on Theoi
  2. ↑ χιών, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  3. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 157
  4. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 15. 2
  5. ↑ Riordan, Rick (2010). The Lost Hero. New York, New York: Disney-Hyperion. ISBN 978-1-4231-1339-3.
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