Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Ode to Polycrates
open-in-new
<p> <i>Ode to Polycrates</i> (also <i>To Polycrates</i>, 282a or S151) is an ancient Greek poem written by <a href="/facts/Ibycus/cATjdPvS">Ibycus</a> and dedicated to <a href="/facts/Polycrates/HulDMRJ8">Polycrates</a>, tyrant of <a href="/facts/Samos/bBJufQRK">Samos</a>. It was composed some time in the middle of the 6th century BC and displays close similarities to the work of <a href="/facts/Stesichorus/NcB6NJlp">Stesichorus</a>. </p>