Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Corinth’s Pedagogue.

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Corinth.

Corin’thian (A).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Corinth’s Pedagogue.

Dionys’ios the younger, on being banished a second time from Syracuse, went to Corinth and became schoolmaster. He is called Dionysios the tyrant. Hence Lord Byron says of Napoleon—

“Corinth’s pedagogue hath now

Transferred his by-word to thy brow.”

Ode to Napoleon, stanza xiv.

Corinth.

Corin’thian (A).

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