Ibycus

[ ib-i-kuhs ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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You wife of the indigent Ibycus, at length put an end to your wickedness, and your infamous practices.

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The poet Ibycus, though a native of Rhegium, led a very wandering life.

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Chloris, my friend, I pray you your misconduct to forswear; The wife of poor old Ibycus should have more savoir faire.

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The phrase, “the cranes of Ibycus,” passed into a proverb among the Greeks for the discovery of crime through divine intervention.

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