Coronis - Mythology.
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Coronis - Mythology. Greek Daughter of Phlegyas, king of the Lapiths of Thessaly; mother of Asclepius, with the god Apollo. Apollo fell in love with Coronis when he saw her bathing in a lake. Coronis seemed to accept the love of Apollo. He left a white crow to watch over her, but Coronis then fell in love with Ischus. The crow sped off to tell the news to Apollo, who struck the crow in his anger and turned its white feathers to black. Artemis, the sister of Apollo, shot her arrows at the faithless Coronis and killed her, but Apollo managed to snatch the infant Asclepius from the funeral pyre. The child was brought up by the god Hermes, or, some say, by Chiron, the gentle centaur, to become a god of healing and medicine.
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