The Greek myth of the rose is one of my favorites.
Chloris, the goddess of the flowers, was in the forest one day when she tripped over a beautiful nymph lying lifeless. Chloris was so overcome by the nymph’s fate that she reached out to the other gods to transform her into a flower.
Aphrodite gave her beauty.
Dionysus, the god of wine, gave her nectar for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
The three Graces—the Charites known as Thalia, Euphrosyne, and Aglaea—gave her charm, joy, and brilliance or splendor.
Stephanie Nikolopoulos 
Hi,
I also like the rose story, but I have searched everywhere and i cannot find where the chloris myth comes from. In the usual version, Pomona gives her fruit as well. I really want it to be a genuine ancient Greek legend, but I have my doubts. It all seems to date back to a tale in an 18th century book by a guy called Phillips, which then got repeated because it was such a great story. I can’t find anything earlier than that, and nothing in the ancient sources.
Do you know of any ancient sources for the legend? It all seems very esoteric I know, but I am not doing it just to be a killjoy. if the myth does date back to ancient Greece it would help make sense of a nonsense line in Diocletian’s price edict of 301 AD, which in turn would mean that rosehips were a food cooked and eaten like a very small apple in Roman times.
Thanks,
Howard Posner
Thanks for your query, Howard. I’m not an expert on the history of the myth. I have seen Cloris mentioned several times in references to the rose, but I’m not sure where the story originates.