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

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

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

The emotion that he plainly showed seemed to gather about the injury done and the appeal of Ibycus.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

Page 203—Iybcus amended to Ibycus—"... the fate of Ibycus being still on every tongue."

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann

He opened the volume and read, with a questioning inflection, the title beneath his eyes, "'The Cranes of Ibycus'?"

From Foes by Johnston, Mary