Definition of "Corydon"

Corydon

proper noun
1. (literary) A male given name from Greek, notably used as a stock name for a shepherd in pastorals, in particular a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in Virgil's Eclogues.
  Quotations
  They give voice to Corydon′s passion; they confront in their own culture the constraints that hedge his passion in.
  1994, Bruce R. Smith, Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics‎, page 92
  Byron shocked regency England by citing it[Virgil's second eclogue] in the opening canto of Don Juan, and Andre Gide gave the title Corydon to the controversial defense of homosexuality he published in 1924.Virgil depicts Corydon’s passion with psychological realism and a touch of wry irony.
  2006, Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization‎, page 92
  The harlequinade ceases for the moment, and a two-character tragedy begins with the shepherds Thyrsis and Corydon, whose names derive from ancient pastoral poetry.
  2008, Bernard F. Dick, Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty‎, page 18
2. A place name used for several towns in the United States.
  1. A town, the county seat of Harrison County, Indiana, also located in Harrison Township.
  2. A small city, the county seat of Wayne County, Iowa.
  3. A town in Henderson County, Kentucky.