Sybaris

[ sib-uh-ris ]

/ ˈsɪb ə rɪs /

an ancient Greek city in S Italy: noted for its wealth and luxury; destroyed 510 b.c.

Example sentences from the Web for sybaris

Every pulpit in Sybaris blazed with sermons on the text, 'Every man shall sit under his vine and under his fig-tree.'

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. |Various
She was lying on a couch as soft as the rose-beds of Sybaris.

Folle-Farine |Ouida
Nay, strictly speaking, my first visits to Sybaris were made there and then.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. |Various
At a dozen knots an hour, as things were, I was going to Sybaris!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. |Various

I did not more than half like this chaffing of Boston, and asked how they managed things in Sybaris.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. |Various

Sybaris

/ (ˈsɪbərɪs) /

a Greek colony in S Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: notorious for its luxurious living, founded about 720 bc and sacked in 510