- skip - Brewer’s

Corycian Cave (The)

,

on Mount Parnassus; so called from the nymph Corycia. The Muses are sometimes called Corycĭdes (4 syl.).

“The immortal Muse


To your calm habitations, to the cave

Corycian … will guide his footsteps.”


Akenside: Hymn to the Naiads.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Corrouge
Corrugated Iron
Corrupticolæ
Corruption of Blood
Corsair
Corsned
Cortes
Cortina
Corvinus [a raven]
Corybantic Religion
Corycian Cave (The)
Corycian Nymphs (The)
Corydon
Coryphæus (The) or “Coryphēus.”
Coryphæus of German Literature (The)
Coryphæus of Grammarians
Coryphée
Cosa (plu. Cosas)
Cosmiel
Cosmopolite
Cosset