Old women should not seek to be perfumed.
Archilochus Quotes
And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
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| Birth: | 680 BC |
| Death: | 645 BC |
| Nationality: | Greek |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Archilochus was a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros in the Archaic period. He is celebrated for his versatile and innovative use of poetic meters and as the earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences.
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