Coridon may refer to: *an alternative spelling of Corydon, a stock name for a herdsman in Greek and European literature * Coridon (company), a biotechnology company founded by Australian scientist

Ian Frazer Ian Hector Frazer (born 6 January 1953) is a Scottish-born Australian immunologist, the founding Chief Executive Officer, CEO and Executive Director, Director of Research of the Translational Research Institute (Australia). Frazer and Jian Zh ...

*One of the title characters in the Broadside ballad " Coridon and Parthenia" *A character in the Venetian tragicomedy ''

Il pastor fido ''Il pastor fido'' (''The Faithfull Shepherd'' in Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, Richard Fanshawe's 1647 English translation) is a pastoral tragicomedy set in Arcadia (utopia), Arcadia by Giovanni Battista Guarini, first published in 1590 ...

'' *A character in the 1718 version of Handel's ''

Acis and Galatea Acis and Galatea (, ) are characters from Greek mythology later associated together in Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. The episode tells of the love between the mortal Acis and the Nereid (sea-nymph) Galatea; when the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus kil ...

'' *A character in Purcell's opera '' The Fairy Queen'' *A character in the Italian literary fairy tale ''

The Pig King "The Pig King" or "King Pig" (''Il re porco'') is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in his ''The Facetious Nights of Straparola''. Madame d'Aulnoy wrote a French, also literary, variant, titled Prince Marcassi ...

'' People with the surname, given name, or nickname Coridon include: * Johannes Glauber (1646–1726), nicknamed Coridon, Dutch Golden Age painter *

Charles-Édouard Coridon Charles-Édouard Coridon (born 9 April 1973) is a Martiniquais former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Whilst at Guingamp, Coridon won the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup. At Paris Saint-Germain, he is best remembered f ...

(born 1973), Martiniquais footballer

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