Chione

Chione (from the Greek χιών chiōn, "snow"), or Khione (Χιόνη) may refer to:

In Greek mythology

In biology

In astronomy

In popular culture

Chione (daughter of Boreas)

In Greek mythology, Chione (from Greek χιών - chiōn, "snow") 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. Her siblings included Zetes, Calaides and Phineus's wife, Cleopatra.

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.

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Chione (daughter of Callirrhoe)

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In Greek mythology, Chione was the daughter of the naiad Callirrhoe and Neilus. She was transformed into a snow cloud by Hermes at the order of Zeus; the Greek word for snow (χιών chiōn) was thought to have come from her name.

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