Chione (daughter of Callirrhoe) explained

Type:	Greek
Chione or Khionê
Deity Of:	Transformed into a snow cloud
Abode:	River Nile in Egypt
Parents:	Callirhoe and Nilus

In Greek mythology, Chione or Khionê (Ancient Greek: Χιονη from χιών – chiōn, "snow") was the daughter of the Oceanid Callirrhoe and Nilus. She was raped by a local peasant and transformed into a snow cloud by Hermes at the order of Zeus. From the clouds she cast snow (khiôn) upon the desert. The Greek word for snow (χιών chiōn) was thought to have come from her name.^{[1] [2]}

Notes

1. [Maurus Servius Honoratus]
2. Anderson, Graham (2000). Fairytale in the Ancient World. London: Routledge.

References

• Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.