Corinna

Ancient lyric poet

Corinna is a feminine given name of Greek origin, borne by an ancient Greek poet.

The name appears in classical and Renaissance poetry as a conventional name for a beloved woman, most famously in Robert Herrick's "Corinna's Going A-Maying." It remains in occasional use today, sometimes spelled Corina or Corynna.

name

feminine

Pertaining to women

literary · Ovid · pastoral · elegance · heroine · beloved · muse · Swift · namesake · revival

poet

Thebes

Ancient city, two locations

verse · ode · classical · antiquity · contests · epigram · choral · melody · rivalry · fragments

Opposites
greek literary tradition

CorinnaAeschylus

Father of tragedy

Sophocles · Euripides · Aristophanes · Homer · Sappho

gender in ancient greek poetry

CorinnaSimonides

Bacchylides

Family

Corinne

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