Chione (daughter of Arcturus)

In Greek mythology, Chione or Khionê (Ancient Greek: Χιονη from χιών – chiōn, "snow") was a consort of Boreas. The account of Pseudo-Plutarch makes her a daughter of Arcturus; she is said to have been abducted by Boreas and brought by him to Mount Niphantes, where she bore him a son Hyrpax, who later inherited the throne of King Heniochus; the mountain was said to have been called "The Bed of Boreas" from that circumstance.[1] The name of Hyrpax is otherwise unknown, but Aelian mentions Boreas and Chione as the parents of three Hyperborean priests of Apollo;[2] according to Diodorus Siculus, a whole dynasty of Hyperborean kings and priests claimed descent from Boreas.[3]

For other uses, see Chione (Greek myth).

References
  1. Pseudo-Plutarch, On Rivers, 5. 3
  2. Aelian, On Animals 11. 1
  3. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 2. 47. 6
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