Chios (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Chios (/ˈkaɪ.ɒs/; Ancient Greek: Χίος) may refer to two possible eponyms of the island of Chios:

• Chios, one of the Oceanids as a daughter of the Titan Oceanus possibly by his sister-wife, Tethys.^[1]
• Chios, son of Poseidon and an unnamed Chian nymph. He received his name from the heavy snowfall that occurred while his mother was in labour (cf. Ancient Greek χιών chiōn "snow").^[2]

The island could as well have taken its name from the nymph Chione, or simply from the snowy weather.^[3][4]