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Ibycus · J. M. Edmonds (Loeb Classical Library, 1922)
[Image: ]A young kithara player, by the Goluchow painter, Athens, c. 520 BC Eusebius ChronicleOlympiad 61 (B.C. 536-533): — Flourished the poem-writer Ibycus. Himerius DeclamationsAfter the plague [or his illness] Anacreon tuned his lyre and greeted the dear Loves once more with song; after the mishap Stesichorus tuned his harp; and report hath it that Ibycus, when he fell from a chariot on the way from Catana to Himera and broke his wrist, played indeed for some time out of tune but did not dedicate his lyre to Apollo. [i. e. did not abandon his profession] Suidas LexiconIbycus: — Son of Phytius, or, according to another account, of Polyzelus of Messene the historian; or as some writers say, of Cerdas; by birth of Rhegium. Thence he went to Samos when it was ruled by Polycrates father of the despot of that name, [or Aiaces father of the despot P.?] whose date falls in the reign of …
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