Ibycus Poems - Poems about Ibycus

...Ibykos Fragment 286, circa 564 BCE loose translation by Michael R. Burch Come spring, the grand apple trees stand watered by a gushing river where the maidens’ uncut flowers shiver and the bl......

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...Ibycus was on his way to a music festival when he was set upon by robbers. While dying a wave of cranes flew over. Ibycus implored the cranes to avenge him. The robbers, with their spoils attended th......

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...In Greek mythology Ibycus is robbed and killed on his way to a musical competition. He appeals to some cranes overhead to avenge his cause - cranes considered a good omen. Later at the festival, h......

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