File:Heinrich_Schwemminger_-_Die_Kraniche_des_Ibykus_-_3739_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Ibycus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ibicus of Rhegium
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 what are considered
OverviewAI-generated
Ibycus (Ἲβυκος) was an Ancient Greek writer and poet who worked in the field of lyric poetry. Born in 600 BCE in Reggio Calabria, he was also associated with the significant place of Rhegion. He died in Corinth in 600 BCE.
His literary output included works such as *Greek Lyric Vol. III*, *Testimonianze e frammenti*, *Ibico, testimonianze e frammenti*, and *Nel giardino delle vergini*. Ibycus is described in sources including the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition, *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and *Nordisk familjebok*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6th cent. B.C.
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Greek Lyric Vol. III
- Testimonianze e frammenti
- Ibico, testimonianze e frammenti
- Nel giardino delle vergini
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 9
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ibycus">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Ibycus
Recent publications · Crossref
2 total works indexed
- Testimonia
· 1991
- Fragments
· 1991
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Ἦρι μὲν αἵ τε Κυδώνιαιμηλίδες ἀρδόμεναι ῥοᾶνἐκ ποταμῶν, ἵνα Παρθένωνκῆπος ἀκήρατος, αἵ τ᾿ οἰνανθίδεςαὐξόμεναι σκιεροῖσιν ὑφ᾿ ἕρνεσινοἰναρέοις θαλέθοισιν· ἐμοὶ δ᾿ ἔροςοὐδεμίαν κατάκοιτος ὥραν·ἀλλ᾿ ἅθ᾿ ὑπὸ στεροπᾶς φλέγωνΘρηίκιος Βορέας ἀίσσωνπαρὰ Κύπριδος ἀζαλέαις μανίαισινἐρεμνὸς ἀθαμβὴςἐγκρατέως πεδόθεν φυλάσσειἡμετέρας φρένας.”
- “Ἔρος αὖτέ με κυανέοισιν ὑπὸβλεφάροις τακέρ᾿ ὄμμασι δερκόμενοςκηλήμασι παντοδαποῖς ἐς ἀπειραδίκτυα Κύπριδος βάλει.ἦ μὰν τρομέω νιν ἐπερχόμενον,ὥστε φερέζυγος ἵππος ἀεθλοφόρος ποτὶ γήρᾳἀέκων σὺν ὄχεσφι θοοῖς ἐς ἅμιλλαν ἔβα.”
- “Εὐρύαλε Γλαυκέων Χαρίτων θάλος, Ὡρᾶνκαλλικόμων μελέδημα, σὲ μὲν Κύπριςἅ τ' ἀγανοβλέφαρος Πει-θὼ ῥοδέοισιν ἐν θρέψαν.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Life
- Poetry
- Example
- Fragment 286
- Reception
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
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 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibycus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.