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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread sybarite #125953 03/23/2004 10:22 PM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2 Ottawa, Canada Deborah James stranger Deborah James stranger Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2 Ottawa, Canada Hello, Linguaphile. Does anyone have information about the origins of the word "sybarite"? In particular I'm looking for the source of a legend about the word--the notion that the pleasure-loving Sybarites taught their horses to dance and were later defeated in battle when the enemy played music on the field of battle. Does this ring a bell? DAJ DAJ DAJ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted sybarite Deborah James 03/23/2004 10:22 PM Re: sybarite wwh 03/23/2004 10:29 PM Re: sybarite grapho 03/24/2004 1:05 AM Re: yee-haw! Buffalo Shrdlu 03/24/2004 1:12 AM Re: yee-haw! wwh 03/24/2004 1:21 AM Re: yee-haw! Buffalo Shrdlu 03/24/2004 1:28 AM Re: yee-haw! Deborah James 03/24/2004 8:40 PM Re: yee-haw! grapho 03/26/2004 5:24 PM Re: sybarite Jackie 03/24/2004 2:08 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,273 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 6 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,131 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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