I have a high art; I hurt with cruelty those who would dama… - Archilochus of Paros

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I have a high art; I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

Archilochus of Paros

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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.

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Native Name: Ἀρχίλοχος

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Lady, you are much too old
to rub yourself with perfume.

My javelin is good white bread and Ismarian wine.
When I find rest on my javelin I drink wine.

Some Saian mountaineer
Struts today with my shield.
I threw it down by a bush and ran
When the fighting got hot.
Life seemed somehow more precious.
It was a beautiful shield.
I know where I can buy another
Exactly like it, just as round.

I have a high art; I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me. - Archilochus of Paros

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