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Archilochus

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Archilochus

Greek poet. Born on the island of Paros, he wrote the earliest Greek personal poetry, concentrating on themes of war and sexuality. He is disarmingly frank on both topics, but also prone to personal invective.

He wrote in the iambic metre, which was later used for tragedy. Only fragments of his work survive.
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The date of such a work cannot be high: Croiset thinks it may belong to the period of Archilochus (c.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
I will describe around me a picture and shadow of virtue to be the vestibule and exterior of my house; behind I will trail the subtle and crafty fox, as Archilochus, greatest of sages, recommends.
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Thus, the fable of the "Hawk and the Nightingale" is related by Hesiod; 4 the "Eagle wounded by an Arrow, winged with its own Feathers," by Aeschylus; 5 the "Fox avenging his wrongs on the Eagle," by Archilochus.
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