Ibycus
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Ibycus of Rhegium
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Tusculan Disputations (Latin)
But that, above all of them, Ibycus of Rhegium burned with love, appears from his writings.
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Tusculan Disputations
Greek lyric poet described as most consumed by love among the poets named
But that, above all of them, Ibycus of Rhegium burned with love, appears from his writings.
Parmenides
Lyric poet whose poem about an old race-horse compelled once more into a contest is cited as an analogy for Parmenides's reluctant old age.
And yet I feel very much like the horse in the poem of Ibycus —an old race-horse who was entered for a chariot race and was trembling with fear of what was before him, because he knew it by experience.
Phaedrus
Poet whose sentiment about sinning against the gods to gain honor among men Socrates recalls to explain his own distress.
For all along, while I was speaking my discourse, something troubled me, and as Ibycus says, I was distressed lest I be buying honor among men by sinning against the gods.