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According to Ovid, when Coronis was pregnant, Apollo had appointed a white raven to guard her before leaving. The raven, after learning the affair of Coronis with Ischys, reported it to Apollo. Apollo sent Artemis to kill the couple and in anger, turned the raven black by scorching it as a punishment for being a tattletale and failing its duty.
Ischys had an affair with the Thessalian princess Coronis, one of Apollo's lovers, who was at that time pregnant with the god's child. When a (then white) raven told Apollo of the affair between Ischys and Coronis, he became so angry that his intense glare scorched the raven black.
Phlegyas was the son of Ares and Chryse, daughter of Halmus, [1] or of Dotis. [2] In one account, he was mentioned as an autochthon. [3] Phlegyas was the brother of Ixion, another king of the Lapiths, [4] and Gyrton, eponym of a Thessalian town. [5] Phlegyas was the father of Ixion, in some accounts, as well as Coronis, one of Apollo's lovers.
Apollo named the child after Coronis' nickname, Aegle. [9] Phoenician tradition maintains that Asclepius was born of Apollo without any woman involved. [10] According to the Roman version, Apollo, having learned about Coronis' betrayal with the mortal Ischys through his raven Lycius, killed her with his arrows. Before breathing her last, she ...
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While Apollo was away, Coronis began an affair with a mortal man named Ischys. When Apollo learnt of this, he sent Artemis to kill the pregnant Coronis, or Artemis had the initiative to kill Coronis on her own accord for the insult done against her brother. The unborn child, Asclepius, was later removed from his dead mother's womb. [253]
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