The gold booty of Gyges means nothing to me. I don't envy that Lydian king, nor am I jealous of what gods can do, nor of the tyrants' great powers. A… - Archilochus of Paros

Be bold! That's one way
Of getting through life.
So I turn upon her
And point out that,
Faced with the wickedness
Of things, she does not shiver. I know how to love those
Who love me, how to hate. You whom the soldiers beat,
You who are all but dead,
How the gods love you
And I, alone in the dark,
I was promised the light.

All, O all the calamities of all the Hellenes
are set loose on this battleground in Thasos.

Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.