Chione
Χιόνη
Loved by Hermes and Apollo on the same day, she bore a thief and a singer together.
At fourteen she had a thousand suitors, Ovid writes. Then, in a single day, both Hermes and Apollo fell for her.
The twins born of it were Autolycus, son of Hermes, and Philammon, son of Apollo. One became the king of thieves, the other a famous singer — the fathers' gifts split exactly in half.
Loved by two gods, Chione let it slip that she was more beautiful than Artemis, and the goddess's arrow pierced that tongue. Her father Daedalion, throwing himself off a cliff in grief, was turned into a hawk by Apollo's hand.
SourcesOvid, Metamorphoses
Commonly confused
Not the Chione who is daughter of Boreas, the north wind. Both names come from the Greek word for snow.