C'hloris

Flora ha Zefiros, gant William Bouguereau (1875)

C'hloris (χλωρις}} / Khlôris e gregach) zo un nimfenn des îles Fortunées (aujourd'hui Canaries). Flora e oa hec'h anv e latin.

Zefiros a garas anezhi, he skrapas, hag a zimezas ganti, hag a viras anezhi e barr he yaouankiz, ma roas dezhi rouantelezh ar bleunioù.

Leur hymen se célébra au mois de mai et les poètes, en décrivant les saisons, n'oublient pas de donner une place à ces deux époux dans le cortège du Printemps. On prête au couple un fils, Carpos.

Flore était particulièrement adorée chez les Sabins qui transportèrent ce culte à Rome, où elle était célébrée lors des Jeux floraux.

Source

• Patrom:OviFas (V, 183–378).

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

• Patrom:Commelin MGR.

Lien externe

This article is about "Chloris" in Greek Mythology. For the genus of tufted grasses in the Poaceae family, also known as "Finger grass" and "Windmill grass", see Chloris (plant). In zoology, it is the name of the subgenus or genus of the greenfinches

"As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I was Chloris, who am now called Flora." Ovid

There are many stories in Greek mythology about figures named Chloris ("Khloris" or χλωρις, from "Khloros" or χλωρος, meaning "greenish-yellow," "pale green," "pale," "pallid" or "fresh"). Some clearly refer to different characters; other stories may refer to the same Chloris, but disagree on details.

Chloris (Nymph)

Chloris was a Nymph associated with spring, flowers and new growth. Her Roman equivalent was the goddess Flora. She was abducted by (and later married to) Zephyrus, the west wind, who gave her dominion over spring. Together they had a son, Carpus. Carpus means "fruit" in Ancient Greek, and the natural metaphor formed by the three can be seen in the following quote: "Zephyros... the personification of the West Wind which brings with it freshness and rain in the spring. He would unite with Chloris, goddess of the new vegetation, from which sprout the fresh fruits of the soil."

Chloris's festival, Floralia, was celebrated on April 28 to May 1 until the 4th century.

Chloris (Meliboea)

Meliboea was one of Niobe and Amphion's fourteen children (the Niobids), and the only one (or one of the few) spared when Artemis and Apollo killed the Niobids in retribution for Niobe's insult to their mother Leto, bragging that she had many children and Leto had only two. Meliboea was so frightened by the ordeal, she turned permanently pale, changing her name to Chloris ("pale one"). This Chloris is referred to in Homer's Odyssey (book 11, lines 281-296).

She was later to marry to Neleus and become queen in Pylos. They had several sons including Nestor, Alastor and Chromius and a daughter Pero. Chloris also had a son, Poriclymenus while married to Neleus, though by some accounts Poriclymenus's father was Poseidon (who was himself Neleus's father). Poseidon gave Poriclymenus the ability to transform into any animal. Other children include Taurus, Asterius, Pylaon, Deimachus, Eurybius, Phrasius, Eurymenes, Evagoras and Epilaus.

Odysseus is said to have encountered Chloris on his journey to Hades (Homer's Odyssey, 11, 281ff).

C'hloris (mamm Mopsus)

Dimeziñ a eure C'hloris d'an diouganer Ampyx (mab da Elatus), ha digantañ he doe ur mab, Mopsus, a voe un diouganer brudet ivez, hag a yeas da-heul an Argonaoted.

Gerdarzh

Donet a ra anv Chloris eus ar gregach Khloros a dalv kement ha "melen-glas," "glas-sklaer," "gwenn-glas" pe "fresk."

Anezhañ ez eus deuet un toullad gerioù anavezet er yezhoù europeat bras (saozneg, galleg, ha yezhoù latin) :

• an anv plac'h Chloe - a dalv "egin glas"; un anv all roet da z-Demeter, doueez al labour-douar en Hellaz.
• Chlorophyll - a green pigment involved in photosynthesis in plants.
• Chlorine - a chemical element that as a gas is greenish-yellow in color.
• Chlorella - a kind of single-celled green algae, used as a source of protein and B vitamins.
• Chlorosis - an antiquated term for anemia characterized by a green color to the skin, also known as "greensickness", which would probably be called iron deficiency anemia today.
• Chlorosis, in botany is a condition in which plant foliage produces insufficient chlorophyll.