corypheus
1Corypheus — Cor y*phe us (k?r ? f? ?s), n.; pl. E. {Corypheuses} ( [e^]z), L. {Coryphei} ( f? ?). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. ???, fr. koryfh head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or… …
2corypheus — n. [L.] Leader, chief, guide, director …
3USS Corypheus (1862) — was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Corypheus was used by the Union Navy primarily as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy in order to prevent the South from trading with other countries …
4Coryphei — Corypheus Cor y*phe us (k?r ? f? ?s), n.; pl. E. {Corypheuses} ( [e^]z), L. {Coryphei} ( f? ?). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. ???, fr. koryfh head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a… …
5Corypheuses — Corypheus Cor y*phe us (k?r ? f? ?s), n.; pl. E. {Corypheuses} ( [e^]z), L. {Coryphei} ( f? ?). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. ???, fr. koryfh head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a… …
6USS Belle Italia (1862) — was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Belle Italia captured by Corypheus and placed into Union Navy… …
7USS Arthur (1855) — was a bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Arthur commissioned in New York City On 1 August 1861, Arthur a bark… …
8USS Breaker (1862) — was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. Operating as a Confederate Government schooner in Texas waterways …
9Coryphaeus — Coryphaeus, or Koryphaios (Greek κορυφαῖος koryphaîos, from κορυφή koryphḗ, the top of the head), and often corypheus in English. In Attic drama, the coryphaeus was the leader of the chorus. Hence the term (sometimes in an Anglicized form coryphe …
10USS Sachem (1861) — The second Navy vessel to bear the name Sachem , this screw steamer was built in 1844 at New York City, where it was purchased by the Navy on September 20, 1861.After towing service in New York Harbor where the Navy was buying vessels to blockade …
