Chione (daughter of Arcturus)

Not to be confused with Chione (daughter of Boreas).

In Greek mythology, Chione 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]

References

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