Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Corydon

A swain; a brainless, love-sick spooney. It is one of the shepherds in Virgil's eclogues.

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