Coronis

Synopsis: The Space Safety Inspector of the Coronis Corporation hides a secret from the company, with tragic results.

REVIEW: The Good Old Stuff edited by Gardner Dozois 2006

‘Or like her (Coronis) who lived by the holy Twin Hills in the plain of Dotium over against Amyrus rich in grapes, and washed her feet in the Boebian lake, a maid unwed.’

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

In the version of Apollodorus, Apollo fell in love with Coronis, made love to her and conceived Aesclepius.

The Annotated "Uncle John's Band" Robert Hunter 1968

Overhead the dim red ember of Phi Coronis, Wolf's old and dying sun, gave out a pale and heatless light.

The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

Even after six years behind a desk, my neat business clothes -- suitable for an Earthman with a desk job -- didn't fit quite right, and I still rose unconsciously on the balls of my feet, approximating the lean stooping walk of a Dry-towner from the Coronis plains.

The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

Phi Coronis is a dim star, a dying star, and once past the crimson zenith of noon, its light slants into a long pale-reddish twilight.

The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

Hyperboreans and left shining heaven at the chiding of his father, being in wrath concerning his son whom divine Coronis bare in bright Lacereia at the mouth of Amyrus.

The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

Coronis, Phlegyas, in revenge, set fire to the temple of that god at

Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

Coronis left an infant son named Asclepius, who afterwards became god of medicine.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

But the Celts have attached this story to them, that these are the tears of Leto's son, Apollo, that are borne along by the eddies, the countless tears that he shed aforetime when he came to the sacred race of the Hyperboreans and left shining heaven at the chiding of his father, being in wrath concerning his son whom divine Coronis bare in bright Lacereia at the mouth of Amyrus.

The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius