Koronia is a mountain village built on the verdant slopes of Mount Helicon. Homer (8th BC ancient legendary author of the epic poems of Iliad and Odyssey) mentions its participation in the Trojan War. According to tradition, it was founded by the foster son of Athamantas, Koroneos.

The great fame of ancient Koronia was due to the great festival of the Boeotians, the Pamboiotia, which was held in the famous temple of goddess Athena Itonia, the patron saint of the city, during which all hostilities in the region were stopped. Today in the area there are ruins of the polygonal walls of the ancient acropolis, columns, capitals, baths and pottery from various periods, from the Neolithic to the Roman period. Also mentioned in Koronia is the temple of the god Lafystius Zeus, where, according to Greek mythology, Athamantas was to sacrifice Frixos and Elli. Ancient Koronia was destroyed by the Romans in 171 BC, and by a great earthquake in the autumn of 551 AD along with other towns in Boeotia.

In the modern history of Koronia, stands out the presence of Demetrios Ypsilantis (famous officer of the Greek War of Independence against Turks) where the chieftain had established his headquarters in a village inn (hani) before the battle of Petra in 1829.

In the settlement of Kalami, located on the road from Livadeia to Agios Georgios, the remains of a water mill that existed in the area before the German occupation troops burned it and slaughtered 26 villagers in June 1944.