"Old women should not seek to be perfumed" (Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, first ebook edition, 2014) - Archilochus of Paros

"Old women should not seek to be perfumed" (Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, first ebook edition, 2014)

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About Archilochus of Paros

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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