Flora in Roman tradition
Zephyr’s pursuit changed Chloris, a nymph, into Flora, the Roman goddess who rules flowers and flowering plants. She became Zephyr’s bride and lived in perpetual spring, scattering varied seeds across the earth and creating or transforming flowers. Unlike the Greek Chloris, Flora is the Roman identity associated with gardens, blossoms, springtime and agricultural abundance.
The quick answers
Who is Flora?
Flora is a Roman deity associated with flowers and blossoms, flowering plants, springtime, fertility, agricultural abundance.Source
Source
- Classical Mythology a to Z
- Tales About the Mythology of Greece and Rome
What is Flora the god of?
flowers and blossoms, flowering plants, springtime, fertility, agricultural abundanceSource
Source
- Classical Mythology a to Z
- Tales About the Mythology of Greece and Rome
The names Flora answers to
Flora Mater
Mother Flora
SourceClassical Mythology a to Z
Goddess of Flowers
Deity of flowers and flowering plants
SourceTales About the Mythology of Greece and Rome
Goddess of Spring
Deity associated with springtime and renewal
SourceClassical Mythology a to Z
The myths of Flora
1 myth, each traced to its primary text and corpus sources.
Chloris Becomes Flora
Zephyrus took the nymph Chloris as his bride. He transformed her into Flora, and the transformation changed both her name and her rank. Chloris became Flora. Flora became queen of flowers. Zephyrus gave her authority over the flowers, so they came under her rule. He also made her queen of eternal spring.
The nymph who had become Zephyrus's bride received a new place after the transformation. She no longer held only the name Chloris. She became Flora, and her new name belonged to her authority over flowers. Zephyrus granted her this authority after he changed her. He gave her power over the flowers and placed her above them as their queen.
Her second queenship followed the first. Zephyrus made Flora queen of eternal spring, so her rule over flowers became joined with the season that never ended. The marriage came first. The transformation followed. Zephyrus then gave Flora authority over flowers and made her their queen. He made her queen of eternal spring as well.
Chloris's change into Flora therefore brought a new name, a new rank, and authority over flowers. The nymph became a queen after Zephyrus transformed her. Eternal spring followed the transformation, and Flora held its queenship together with her rule over the flowers.
In the modern world
No modern rework confirmed yet.
3 sources· checked 2026-08-24
- 1The Greek MythsT1
- 2Apollodorus, The LibraryT1
Quote
“Zephyrus married Chloris, changed her name to Flora, and made her queen of flowers and of eternal spring.”
Apollodorus, The Library
- 3Monsters of Greek Mythology, Volume TwoT1
Also appears in
The myths across MythSource where Flora features, each on that figure’s page.
- Apollo and Hyacinthus · on Apollo
1 work catalogued
This is the candidate catalogue for Flora: candidate reworks first, then references, then names used as atmosphere. Nothing here has been checked against a source yet. Only reviewed myth-to-work links are promoted in Overview.
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- Flora DominaRework
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The film
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