Editing Ibycus (section)

{{Short description|6th century BC Greek lyric poet}}
{{For|the gastropod genus|Ibycus (gastropod)}}
'''Ibycus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|b|ɪ|k|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|[[wikt:Ἴβυκος|Ἴβυκος]]}}; {{Floruit|2nd half of 6th century BC}}) was an [[Greek lyric|Ancient Greek lyric poet]], a citizen of [[Rhegium]] in [[Magna Graecia]], probably active at [[Samos]] during the reign of the tyrant [[Polycrates]]<ref>David A. Campbell, ''Greek Lyric Poetry'', Bristol Classical Press (1982), page 305</ref> and numbered by the scholars of [[Hellenistic]] [[Alexandria]] in the [[canon (fiction)|canonical]] list of [[nine lyric poets]]. He was mainly remembered in antiquity for [[Pederasty in ancient Greece|pederastic]] verses, but he also composed lyrical narratives on mythological themes in the manner of [[Stesichorus]].<ref name="David A. Campbell 1991 page 8">David A. Campbell, ''Greek Lyric III'', Loeb Classical Library (1991), page 8</ref> 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.<ref>David A. Campbell, ''Greek Lyric Poetry'', Bristol Classical Press (1982), page 306, referring to fragments 286 and 287</ref> 

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.<ref name="David A. Campbell 1991 page 8"/>