Corax

Corax

The term Corax can refer to:

  • Corax (aircraft) (also known as the 'Raven') is the name of a British experimental UAV developed in 2004 by BAE Systems
  • Corax (World of Darkness), wereravens in White Wolf's World of Darkness role-playing game system
  • corax is the Latin species name of the Common Raven (Corvus corax)
  • Corax of Syracuse was one of the founders of Greek rhetoric
  • Janne Corax, Swedish cyclist
  • Predrag Koraksić Corax, political cartoonist from Serbia
  • Corax, in the Warhammer 40,000 universe the primarch and leader of the Raven Guard chapter until he left the chapter and headed for the Eye of Terror after his forces were decimated by the Horus Heresy
  • Corax, a Norwegian film production company producing documentary films and short films and located in Bergen, Norway
  • Corax, a Wyoming-based investment advisory and consulting firm focused on consumer brands
  • Corax, a character in the Satyricon
  • Corax, abbreviation of Corporate action in the realm of Corporate finance

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  • Corax — (ou Korax Κόραξ), né vers le Ve siècle avant J. C. à Syracuse semble t il. Il fut rhéteur. Il est le maître de Tisias en art de la rhétorique, dont il serait l un des fondateurs dans la Grèce antique. Liens internes Rhétorique grecque …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Corax — Corax, 1) s. Rabe; 2) (Petref.), fossile Fischzähne, haben eine starke Wurzel u. breite, spitze, rückwärts geneigte Krone, sie sind massiv u. mit Randzähnchen von fast gleicher Größe gekerbt; häufig in der Kreideformation, so: C. pristodontus s.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Corax — Corax, der Kolk oder Edelrabe, s. Rabe …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Corax — CORAX, ăcis, Gr. Κόραξ, ακος, (⇒ Tab. XIV.) des Koronus Sohn und Enkel des Apollo, König zu Sicyon, der aber ohne Kinder verstarb, worauf solches kleine Königreich an den Epopeus kam. Paus. Corinth. c. 5. 6. p. 95 …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • Corax — Korax oder Corax (gr. Κόραξ für Rabe) steht für: antiker Name eines Berg in Ätolien, heute: Vardousia. Corax (Asteroid) ein Weihegrad im Mithraismus, siehe Mithraismus#Bräuche im Mithraismus Corvus Corax, wissenschaftlicher Name des Kolkraben.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • CORAX — I. CORAX Sicyoniorum Rex, post Echireum: Regnavit ann. 30. II. CORAX antiquissimus Rhetor Siculus, circa Olymp. 89. primus artem dicendi, et praecepta conscripsit. Cicero, in Bruto, c. 12. Primus etiam exstitit, qui artem dicendi mercede… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Corax — ▪ Greek writer flourished 5th century BC, Sicily       Syracusan believed to have written the first Greek treatise on rhetoric.       There is little reliable information about Corax s life or his work, of which nothing survives. He was active at …   Universalium

  • corax —    (s.m.) Il termine deriva dal nome del retore greco (di Siracusa) Co race che, dinnanzi ai giudici ed al suo allievo Tisia il quale, una volta terminato il suo apprendistato di retorica presso il maestro si rifiutava di pagare il compenso… …   Dizionario di retorica par stefano arduini & matteo damiani

  • Corax of Syracuse — Corax or Korax (Greek: Κόραξ; fl. 5th century), along with Tisias, was one of the founders of ancient Greek rhetoric. It has sometimes been asserted that they are merely legendary personages. Other scholars contend that Corax and Tisias were the… …   Wikipedia

  • -corax — co·rax …   English syllables

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