Coronides
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Coronides is the name the Aeolians called Menippe and Metioche after Persephone and Hades metamorphosed their dead bodies into comets. The Aonians then erected them a sanctuary near Orchomenus, where a propitiatory sacrifice was offered to them every year by youths and maidens.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mythological figure from ancient Greece.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Hades, Persephone, Coronis, Apollo Gortynius
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The Aonians then erected them a sanctuary near Orchomenus, where a propitiatory sacrifice was offered to them every year by youths and maidens. The Aeolians called these maidens Coronides.”
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