Corydon

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Corydon can be:

Contents 1 People 2 In literature 3 Places 4 Other

[edit] People

• Corydon M. Wassell, an American serviceman, winner of the Navy Cross, and the subject of a biographical film starring Gary Cooper
• Corydon Bell, an American writer of children's books;

[edit] In literature

• Corydon (character), stock-name for a shepherd in pastorals, especially a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in the Eclogues of the Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70-19 B.C.E.).
• Corydon (book), by Andre Gide about homosexuality: named after the above classical character
• "Corydon", pseudonym of the Dutch writer Jef Last (on Dutch Wikipedia)
• Bent Corydon, the first-credited author of L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?

[edit] Places

In the United States of America:

• Corydon, Indiana
• Corydon, Iowa
• Corydon, Kentucky
• Corydon Township, Pennsylvania

In Canada:

Corydon Avenue, a major street in Winnipeg, Manitoba

See also Croydon (disambiguation), a name found in the United States and the United Kingdom.

[edit] Other

• Corydon (genus), a genus of broadbill containing a single species, the Dusky Broadbill
• Corydon, a British motorcycle manufacturer
• the Battle of Corydon, a battle in the American Civil War