Archilochus Quotes

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Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, no...

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I have a high art: I hurt with cruelty those who would wound me.

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Archilochus

Poet

Born: 0680-01-01 BC

Died: 0645-01-01 BC

Archilochus [Ἀρχίλοχος] (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC), also rendered as Archilochos or Arkhilokhus, was a Greek lyric poet and mercenary from the island of Paros in the Archaic period.More