Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Corinnus

A Greek poet before the time of Homer. He wrote in heroic verse the Siege of Troy, and it is said that Homer is considerably indebted to him. (Suidas.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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