Editing Corinthian (comics) (section)

==Name==
The origin of the Corinthian's name is unclear. In a later story arc of ''Sandman'', ''[[The Sandman: The Kindly Ones|The Kindly Ones]]'', [[Puck (Shakespeare)|Puck]] politely refuses to ask whether his name is taken from "the letters, the pillars, the leather, the place, or the mode of behavior." 
*"The letters" is a reference to the First (and second) [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|Epistle to the Corinthians]], which uses a phrase similar to "[[Through a glass, darkly (phrase)|dark mirror]]," as used by Dream to describe him.
*"The pillars" is a reference to [[Corinthian order|Corinthian columns]].
*"The leather" is referring to [[Corinthian leather]].
*"The place" refers to [[Corinth]], Greece.
*"The mode of behavior" (Corinthian behavior) is indulging in luxury and licentiousness.

In the ''Death In Venice'' miniseries, a beggar (who is not entirely reliable) claims that he exchanged one of his eyes for one offered to him by the Corinthian, and that he called him by the first thing he saw when he opened his new eye–a Corinthian pillar. Later in ''Death in Venice,'' the Corinthian refers to himself as "the dream rot."

According to an interview with Gaiman in ''The Sandman Companion'', the Corinthian takes his name from the mode of behavior; specifically, "a Corinthian" was another term for a rake: a devil-may-care, ne'er-do-well.

In the television series, the Corinthian is asked if the name refers to the Biblical Corinthians, the Greek Corinth, or the leather, to which he replies, "Y'know, all of the above."