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OP yb[a[rite 73rjt#8
n.
5L Sybarita < Gr Sybaritcs6
1 any of the people of ancient Sybaris
2 [s3] anyone very fond of self-indulgence and luxury; voluptuary
Syb#a[rit$ic or syb#a[rit$ic 73rit4ik8
adj.
sybarite
adv.
syb$a[rit#ism# 73rjt#iz#!m8
n.
Sybaris was an ancient Greek city in the Gulf of Taranto, beneath the arch of the "foot" of Italy.
Traders worried about the dangers of sailing between Scylla and Charybdis used the port at
Sybaris in sufficient numbers to make the Sybarites' wealth legendary. There is a legend that the
Sybarites even trained their horses to dance to music, only to lose a battle because the enemy
played music and the Sybarite horses danced to the enemy's tune.An article in Scientific American
perhaps twenty years ago has excavated the site, and determined that silting of the river and the
port where Sybaris was located was the most probable cause of Sybaris losing its wealth.
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