Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.26.6

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Passage 2.26.6: Coronis slain for infidelity; Hermes rescues the infant Asclepius from the pyre.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἄλλος ἐπʼ αὐτῷ λόγος, Κορωνίδα κύουσαν Ἀσκληπιὸν Ἴσχυι τῷ Ἐλάτου συγγενέσθαι, καὶ τὴν μὲν ἀποθανεῖν ὑπὸ Ἀρτέμιδος ἀμυνομένης τῆς ἐς τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ὕβρεως, ἐξημμένης δὲ ἤδη τῆς πυρᾶς ἁρπάσαι λέγεται τὸν παῖδα Ἑρμῆς ἀπὸ τῆς φλογός.

English Translation

Another account is also told of him, that Coronis, while pregnant with Asclepius, had intercourse with Ischys, the son of Elatus; and Artemis, avenging this affront against Apollo, killed the woman. But it is said that when the pyre had already been lit, Hermes snatched the child from the flames.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Koronis (Κορωνίς) person
Elatos (Ἐλάτος) person
Ischys (Ἴσχυς) person
Also in: 8.4.4 8.4.6
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