Chlorus

In Greek mythology, Chlorus (Ancient Greek: Χλώρου) was the son of Pelasgus and father of Haemon, father of Thessalus.[1] In some accounts, however, Haemon was called the son of Pelasgus instead.[2] Haemon and Thessalus were both eponyms of Haemonia and Thessaly.

Notes

1. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Haimonia
2. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1089

References

• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.