In Attic drama, the coryphaeus, corypheus, or koryphaios (Greek κορυφαῖος koryphaîos, from κορυφή koryphḗ́, the top of the head) was the leader of the chorus.
Hence the term (sometimes in an Anglicized form "coryphe") is used for the chief or leader of any company or movement.
[citation needed] In 1856 the University of Oxford established the office of Coryphaeus or Praecentor with the duty of leading the musical performances directed by the Choragus.
Corypheus is an antagonist introduced in the Legacy DLC for Dragon Age II.
The same Corypheus returns as the central antagonist and the catalyst to the events of Dragon Age: Inquisition.