In Greek mythology, Chione (; , from ) may refer to the following women:
Chione, daughter of Boreas and mother of Eumolpus by Poseidon.Grimal, s.v. Chione; Smith, s.v. Chione 1.; Apollodorus, 3.15.2, 1.9.21; Pausanias, 1.38.2. Chione, daughter of Daedalion, and mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes respectively.Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.301 She may be the same with PhilonisHesiod, Ehoiai fr. 64. and Leuconoe.Hyginus, Fabulae 161 Chione, daughter of Callirrhoe, who was changed into a snow cloud.Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 4.250. Edited by Georgius Thilo. Chione, daughter of Arcturus, who was abducted by Boreas and bore him three sons.Aelian, On Animals 11.1 Chione, the naiad mother of Priapus by Dionysus.Scholia on Theocritus, 1.21 Chione, one of the Niobids.Fowler 2013, p. 367; Pherecydes fr. 126 Fowler 2000, p. 342 = FGrHist 3 F 126 = Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 159. Chione, a nymph who gave her name to the island of Chios in some versions.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ChiosPliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.38 Might be identical with one of the other Chiones above.
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