Definitions for Ibycus

Ibycus Ib·y·cus

Spelling: [ib-i-kuh s]
IPA: /ˈɪb ɪ kəs/

Ibycus is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in Ibycus (bcisuy).

Definitions for Ibycus

noun

  1. flourished c540 b.c, Greek poet.

Examples for Ibycus

Ibycus was a native of Rhegium, a colony of mixed Ionians and Dorians.

Ibycus of Rhegium was a lyric poet, who enjoyed some reputation in his day.

Then Ibycus the poet raised his arms to his brothers the birds.

Ibycus also says that the Asopus, a river of Sicyon,2299 flows from Phrygia.

And Archilochus also mentions the cherambe: and Ibycus mentions the periwinkle.

Ibycus, the sacred poet, with his staff and his lyre, went on into the wood.

In a dark place they lay in wait, and from thence they sprang upon Ibycus.

Ibycus was a poet-errant, carrying his songs from state to state.

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

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

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