Ibycus

American  

[ib-i-kuhs] / ˈɪb ɪ kəs /

noun

1. flourished c540 b.c., Greek poet.

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Example Sentences

He cried out as if panic-stricken, “The cranes of Ibycus, the avengers!”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

They were sitting in the theatre, and some cranes flew over their heads, and they laughed and whispered to one another, "Behold the avengers of Ibycus."

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard

Ibycus the poet closed his eyes, pressed his lips to Mother Earth, and died.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

It must be remembered that both Anacreon and Ibycus were court poets, singing in the palaces of Polycrates and Hippias.

From A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion by Symonds, John Addington

So the travelers took the body of Ibycus and bore it with them to Corinth.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary