IBYCUS
\ˈa͡ɪbɪkəs], \ˈaɪbɪkəs], \ˈaɪ_b_ɪ_k_ə_s]\
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A Greek lyric poet; born in Rhegium, about B. C. 560 (?); died there (or near Corinth?), B. C. 525 (?). The fragments of exquisite metre that have come down to us, and the picturesque fate that befell him- a fate that suggested to Dante one of his inimitable images- have won for him a distinct renown. The ancients esteemed him highly, although Cicero complains of the impurity of his Muse as a sign of the degeneracy of the Romans who admired it. The story told of him is that the poet went on a journey to Corinth but was captured by bandits near that city, and murdered after having been despoiled. 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.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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