# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/corax-of-syracuse
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:40:59.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/corax-of-syracuse"
name: "Corax of Syracuse"
slug: "corax-of-syracuse"
description: "Corax was one of the founders of ancient Greek rhetoric. Some scholars contend that both founders are merely legendary personages, others that Corax and Tisias were the same person, described in one fragment as \"Tisias, the Crow\". And according to Aristotle, Empedocles was the actual founder of rhetoric, but this is also unlikely. It is believed that William Shakespeare derived the name Sycorax from Corax of Syracuse. Corax is said to have lived in Sicily, Magna Graecia, in the 5th century BC, when Thrasybulus, tyrant of Syracuse, was overthrown and a democracy formed."
tagline: "5th-century BC Greek rhetorician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-500"
deathDate: "-500"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.02448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Коракс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "كوراكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Коракс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B2rax"
    title: "Còrax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korax_ze_Syrak%C3%BAs"
    title: "Korax ze Syrakús"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korax"
    title: "Korax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82_(%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82)"
    title: "Κόρακας (ρήτορας)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corax_of_Syracuse"
    title: "Corax of Syracuse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rax_de_Siracusa"
    title: "Córax de Siracusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koraks"
    title: "Koraks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corax"
    title: "Corax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korax"
    title: "Korax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corace_(retore)"
    title: "Corace (retore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corax_(rhetor)"
    title: "Corax (rhetor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rax_de_Siracusa"
    title: "Córax de Siracusa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81_(%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Коракс (ритор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korax"
    title: "Korax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump