# Coronis — Metamorphoses character guide

> Coronis in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** false Coronis

**First appearance:** 0015-story-of-coronis-and-birth-of-esculapius

## Who they are

Lover of Apollo killed for infidelity, mother of Aesculapius.

## Relationships

### [Apollo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/apollo)

_romantic_

Apollo loves Coronis, but her infidelity leads him to kill her, a tragic romance.

### [Apollo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/apollo)

_romantic_

Apollo loves Coronis, but her infidelity leads him to kill her, a tragic romance.

## In the story

### [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/book-ii)

Nymph killed by Apollo for infidelity; her unborn child is saved and given to Chiron.

### [Story of Coronis, and Birth of Esculapius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/story-of-coronis-and-birth-of-esculapius)

Coronis is a Thessalian nymph, Apollo's beloved, who is unfaithful and is killed by Apollo's arrow; she pleads for her unborn child before dying.

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