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Ibycus (Sixth Century B.C.)

Ibycus (ib’i-kus). A Greek lyric poet; born in Rhegium, about B.C. 560?; died there (or near Corinth?), B.C. 525?. The fragments of his erotic poetry survive. The story told of him is that the poet was murdered by bandits near Corinth. As he expired he called to a flock of passing cranes to avenge him; and as the bandits sat in the theatre not many days later, a flight of the stately birds took place, whereupon the leader of the guilty men called attention, ironically, to the dead poet’s “avengers.” The word attracted notice and led to discovery.

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