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A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter C

Coronis

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Mortal lover of Apollo and mother of Asclepius, slain for infidelity; her story links love, betrayal, and healing.

Detailed Definition
Coronis was slain by Apollo for infidelity, yet bore Asclepius. In poetry, she embodies tragic love and the cost of divine jealousy.
Example
Example in poetry:
Coronis, beloved of Apollo and mother of Asclepius, symbolises betrayal and consequence; A poet might depict Coronis consumed by divine jealousy; In healing narratives, she anchors the origin of medicine; Her story blends love, loss, and renewal.
Additional Notes
Coronis bears tragic significance as the mortal lover of Apollo who became pregnant with Asclepius but was unfaithful with the mortal Ischys. Apollo's sacred crow revealed her infidelity, and the god (or his sister Artemis) killed her with arrows. As she burned on the funeral pyre, Apollo saved the unborn child, rescuing Asclepius from her womb and giving him to Chiron to raise. The crow, previously white, was blackened as punishment for bringing bad news—explaining its dark color. For students analyzing Greek divine-mortal relationships, Coronis' story exemplifies the danger of divine attention, the jealousy of gods, and the tragic consequences when mortals fail to remain faithful to divine lovers. Her death produced medicine's founder, suggesting how destruction can yield healing. The story appears in Pindar and Ovid, offering students comparative examples of how different poets treat the same mythological material. References to Coronis invoke themes of infidelity, divine vengeance, pregnancy and childbirth, and the origins of healing arts.
Also Known As
crow maiden Apollo's love Aesculapius mother
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