historical figure

[signer]

nickname of 5th C. BC Greek poet Pindar connected with a fountain in his birthplace 

[Fibonacci]

Dirc�an Swan.

Pindar; so called from Dirc, a fountain in the neighbourhood of Thebes, the poet�s birthplace (B.C. 518�442).

E. Cobham Brewer 1810�1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.