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In Greek mythology, Coronis (/ k ɒ ˈ r ə ʊ n ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Κορωνίς, romanized: Korōnís) is a Thessalian princess and a lover of the god Apollo. She was the daughter of Phlegyas , [ 1 ] king of the Lapiths , and Cleophema.
Coronis, who was in one version the mother of the Graces by Dionysus. [4] She may be the same with the above character. Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas, king of the Lapiths, was one of Apollo's lovers and mother of Asclepius. Coronis, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur. A coronis may also be: A vessel with raised ends, like a crescent. [5]
It is a depiction of the dead Hyacinthos cradled by his lover, the Greek god Apollo. In front of them is the discus which caused Hyacinth's death, which was thrown by Apollo himself. [ 1 ] The discus had been blown off course by the west wind Zephyrus , who was also in love with young Hyacinthos and was jealous of Apollo.
When the god Apollo saw her and fell in love with her, he pursued her with the aim of making her his bride, but she ran away from him, wishing to stay a virgin eternally. After much pursuing, Daphne began to tire; when Apollo was about to catch her, she prayed to the gods to save her, and she was turned (either by her father, Gaia or Zeus) into ...
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.
Coronis was killed by Artemis for being unfaithful to Apollo and was laid out on a funeral pyre to be consumed, but Apollo rescued the child by cutting him from Coronis' womb. [ 9 ] According to Delphian tradition, Asclepius was born in the temple of Apollo, with Lachesis acting as a midwife and Apollo relieving the pains of Coronis.
She was metamorphosed into a laurel to escape the amorous god Apollo. As a sign of his love for her, Apollo wears the laurel around his head. I: 452-547 [82] Deïanira: Daughter of Oeneus, sister of Meleager, wife of Hercules. Famous for unwittingly killing Hercules with the Shirt of Nessus. VIII: 542, IX: 8-137 [83] Deucalion: Son of Prometheus.
The Greek pantheon of gods included mortal-born heroes and heroines who were elevated to godhood through a process which the Greeks termed apotheosis. [1] Some of these received the privilege as a reward for their helpfulness to mankind example: Heracles, Asclepius and Aristaeus, others through marriage to gods, example: Ariadne, Tithonus and Psyche, and some by luck or pure chance example ...