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Meliboea

deity Greek single tradition · 1

Meliboea is one of Niobe's daughters who, in some versions of the myth, was spared from the wrath of Apollo and Artemis. She stayed greenish pale from horror for the rest of her life. For that reason, she was called Chloris (the pale one).

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020

Relationships

sibling of
Amyclas
co occurs with
Artemis (Diana), Apollo, Leto, Amphion
child of
Niobe

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Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Niobe

Source passages

“According to some versions, at least two of Niobe's children (usually Meliboea, along with her brother Amyclas in other renderings) was spared. In these versions, Meliboea stayed greenish pale from horror for the rest of her life, and for that reason she was called Chloris (the pale one).”

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