Ibycus (lived 6th century BC)

Greek lyric poet, born at Rhegium. He lived at the court of Polycrates at Samos. The extant verses attributed to him are believed to have been supplemented in modern times by the discovery at Oxyrhynchus of a papyrus containing about 50 lines of a poem in honour of Polycrates. He was said to have been killed by robbers, a crime witnessed by a flock of cranes. Later, at the Isthmian games, some cranes appeared and caused the murderers to expose their guilt.