Chloris (daughter of Amphion of Thebes)

In Greek mythology, Chloris also called Meliboea, was one of Niobe and Amphion's fourteen children, known as the Niobids. She was often confused with another Chloris, daughter of another Amphion, who became the wife of Neleus of Pylos.

Mythology

Meliboea was the only one spared when Artemis and Apollo killed the Niobids in retribution for Niobe's insult to their mother Leto, bragging that she had many children while Leto had only two. Meliboea was so frightened by the ordeal, she turned permanently pale, changing her name to Chloris. Pausanias mentioned a statue of Chloris near the sanctuary of Leto in Argos. In another version, she is a daughter of Teiresias. According to Pausanias, she was a victor at the first Heraean Games organised by Hippodameia. The version of a Niobid surviving is attributed to the poetess Telesilla, followed by Sophocles in his lost drama Niobe.