Which hero was the son of Apollo and the mortal Coronis?

The hero who was the son of Apollo and the mortal Coronis was Asclepius. He became the most celebrated healing figure in ancient Greek mythology and religion.

According to major traditions, Coronis was a princess connected with Tricca in Thessaly. After Apollo learned that she had been unfaithful with the mortal Ischys, Coronis was killed—by Apollo or Artemis, depending on the version. Apollo rescued the unborn child from her funeral pyre, giving rise to the famous birth story of Asclepius.

Apollo entrusted Asclepius to the centaur Chiron, who taught him medicine. Asclepius eventually became so skilled that he could restore the dead, an achievement that alarmed Zeus and threatened the boundary between mortals and gods. Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt, but later traditions made him divine.

Some sources give alternative details, including Arsinoe as his mother or Apollo as his sole parent. Those variations do not make the quiz answer ambiguous: Asclepius is the canonical figure associated with Apollo and Coronis. Theseus, Jason, and Orpheus belong to different heroic cycles.