Well, what if some barbaric Thracian glories in the perfect… - Archilochus of Paros

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Well, what if some barbaric Thracian glories
in the perfect shield I left under a bush?
I was sorry to leave it — but I saved my skin.
Does it matter? O hell, I'll buy a better one.

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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πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἐχῖνος δ'ἓν μέγα

My lord Apollo, single out the guilty ones,
and in your customary way, destroy them all.

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

Well, what if some barbaric Thracian glories in the perfect shield I left under a bush? I was sorry to leave it — but I saved my skin. Does it matter… - Archilochus of Paros

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