Coronus (Greek mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Coronus (Ancient Greek: Κόρωνος) may refer to:
*Coronus, king of the Lapiths, the son of Caeneus, counted among the Argonauts.Hyginus, Fabulae, 14 His own children were LeonteusHomer, Iliad, 2. 746; Bibliotheca 3. 10. 8 and Lysidice.Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Philaidai He led a war against King Aegimius and was killed by Heracles.Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 7. 7Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 37. 3
*Coronus, king of Sicyon, son of Apollo and Chrysorthe, and father of Lamedon and Corex. Coronus inherited the kingdom of Sicyon from his maternal grandfather Orthopolis. Corex succeeded to his father's power, but himself left no heirs so the kingdom was usurped by Epopeus, after whose death the it went back to Lamedon.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 5. 8 - 2. 6. 1 & 2. 6. 3
*Coronus, son of Thersander. He and his brother Haliartus were adopted by Athamas after the latter had lost all of his own sons. He was given land by Athamas and founded Coroneia.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 34. 7Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Korōneia
*two briefly mentioned figures that may or may not be identical with one of the above:
**Coronus, father of Asteria (possible mother of Idmon)Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 139
**Coronus, father of Anaxirhoe (the mother of Hyrmine)Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 6. 1
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