Brewer's: Coryphaeus of German Literature

(The). Goethe, “prince of German poets” (1749-1812).

“The Polish poet called upon ... the great Coryphæus of German literature.”- See Notes and Queries, 27th April, 1878.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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