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iby·cus

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1. Ibycusnoun

   An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 6th century Ancient Greek lyric poet from Rhegium in Italy.

2. Etymology: From Ἴβυκος.

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1. Ibycus

   Ibycus (; Greek: Ἴβυκος; fl. 2nd half of 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, a citizen of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, probably active at Samos during the reign of the tyrant Polycrates and numbered by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. He was mainly remembered in antiquity for pederastic verses, but he also composed lyrical narratives on mythological themes in the manner of Stesichorus. His work survives today only as quotations by ancient scholars or recorded on fragments of papyrus recovered from archaeological sites in Egypt, yet his extant verses include what are considered some of the finest examples of Greek poetry.As is the case with many other major poets of ancient Greece, Ibycus became famous not just for his poetry but also for events in his life, largely the stuff of legend: the testimonia are difficult to interpret and very few biographical facts are actually known.

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1. Ibycus

   Ibycus was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, a citizen of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, probably active at Samos during the reign of the tyrant Polycrates and numbered by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. He was mainly remembered in antiquity for pederastic verses but he also composed lyrical narratives on mythological themes in the manner of Stesichorus. His work survives today only as quotations by ancient scholars or recorded on fragments of papyrus recovered from archaeological sites in Egypt, yet his extant verses include some of the finest examples of Greek poetry. The following lines, dedicated to a lover, Euryalus, were recorded by Athenaeus as a famous example of amorous praise: The rich language of these lines, in particular the accumulation of epithets, typical of Ibycus, is shown in the following translation: This mythological account of his lover recalls Hesiod's account of Pandora who was decked out by the same goddesses so as to be a bane to mankind—an allusion consistent with Ibycus's view of love as unavoidable turmoil.

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1. Ibycus

   a Greek lyric poet, who was murdered by robbers, and who appealed to a flock of cranes that flew past before he died to avenge his death, and that proved the means of the discovery of the murderers.

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1. Ibycus

   A Grecian poet who improved poetry by permitting words to rhyme at the ends of the lines.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ibycus in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ibycus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ibycus
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibycus
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ibycus
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Ibycus
5. ^ Who Was Who?
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/984/pg984-images.html#:~:text=ibycus