Corydon
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Corydon can be:
Contents
In literature
- Corydon (character), stock-name for a shepherd in pastorals, especially a shepherd whose love for a boy named Alexis is described in Theocritus' Idylls and Virgil's Eclogues
- Corydon (book), by André Gide about homosexuality and pederasty : named after the above classical characters.
People
- Corydon Beckwith (1823-1890), an American jurist and lawyer
- Corydon Bell (1894–1980), American children's illustrator and writer
- Corydon Partlow Brown, a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Corydon M. Wassell, an American serviceman, winner of the Navy Cross, and the subject of a biographical film starring Gary Cooper
Places
In the United States of America:
- Corydon, Indiana
- The Battle of Corydon in the American Civil War
- Corydon Historic District
- Corydon, Iowa
- Corydon, Kentucky
- Corydon Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania
- Corydon Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
In Canada:
- Corydon Avenue, a major street in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Other
- Corydon (genus), a genus of broadbill containing a single species, the dusky broadbill
See also
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