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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > gods ~ classical mythology > the great gods of Heaven, and their train > (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) > love-affairs of Apollo ~ females > Apollo wooing Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas > Apollo shoots Coronis, but repenting his act he tries in vain to recall her to life > Apollo (or Mercury) cuts the still living Aesculapius from Coronis' womb

Preferred term

92B32422Apollo (or Mercury) cuts the still living Aesculapius from Coronis' womb  

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Subject

  • Aesculapius
  • ancient history
  • Apollo
  • birth
  • classical antiquity
  • Coronis
  • corpse
  • courting
  • cutting
  • dying person
  • gods
  • heaven
  • history
  • killing
  • love-affair
  • Mercury
  • mythology
  • reviving
  • shooting

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  • 92B32422

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