Editing Coronis (mythology)

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There are several characters in [[Greek mythology]] by the name '''Coronis''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Κορωνίς, -ίδος "crow" or "raven", among others<ref>{{cite dictionary
| title = κορώνη, ''n''. | dictionary = A Greek-English Lexicon | editor1-last = Liddell | editor1-first = Henry |editor2-last=Scott |editor2-first=Robert |publisher=Clarendon Press | date = 1940 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkorw%2Fnh}}</ref>). These include:

* Coronis, one of the [[Hyades (mythology)|Hyades]].
* [[Corone (crow)|Corone]], a daughter of King [[Coronaeus]] of [[Phocis]] who fled from [[Poseidon]] and was changed into a crow by [[Athena]].<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 2.542 ff.</ref>
* Coronis, a [[Maenad]] who was raped by [[Butes]] of [[Thrace]]. [[Dionysus]] made the offender throw himself down a well.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#50.5 5.50.5]</ref>
* Coronis, who was in one version the mother of the [[Charites|Graces]] by Dionysus.<ref>[[Nonnus]], [https://topostext.org/work/529#48.548 48.548]</ref> She may be the same with the above character.
* [[Coronis (lover of Apollo)|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 [[Bowl (vessel)|vessel]] with raised ends, like a [[crescent]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Intelligence|first=Military|title=Concerning the Character of Aesculapius|date=December 1785|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSpFAAAAcAAJ&dq=medical+society+london+coronis&pg=PA37|journal=Memoirs of the Medical Society of London|access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pindar]], ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DP. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Pindar, ''The Odes of Pindar'' including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0161%3Abook%3DP. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Fasti'' translated by James G. Frazer. [https://topostext.org/work/143 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Fasti.'' Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0547 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]''; translated by [[W. H. D. Rouse|Rouse, W H D]], III Books XXXVI&ndash;XLVIII. [[Loeb Classical Library]] No. 346, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca03nonnuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive].

==External links==
*Images of [http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/vpc/VPC_search/subcats.php?cat_1=5&cat_2=356 Coronis, the love of Apollo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061225/http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/vpc/VPC_search/subcats.php?cat_1=5&cat_2=356 |date=2016-03-04 }}, and [http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/vpc/VPC_search/subcats.php?cat_1=5&cat_2=737 Coronis, the love of Neptune] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024552/http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/vpc/VPC_search/subcats.php?cat_1=5&cat_2=737 |date=2016-03-04 }}, in the Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

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