Coronis

Mortal Lapith princess, daughter of King Phlegyas. Loved by Apollo; conceived Asclepius. Took the mortal Ischys as a second lover during pregnancy and was killed by divine retribution; Apollo rescued the unborn Asclepius from her pyre.

Parentage

• Phlegyas

Children

• Asclepius

Domains

• catasterism as corvus

Relations

• lover: Apollo
• mother of: Asclepius

Sources

• Hesiod fr. 60; Pindar Pythian 3.1-46; Apollodorus 3.10.3; Pausanias 2.26.6