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I don't give a damn if some Thracian ape strut Proud of that first-rate shield the bushes got. Leaving it was hell, but in a tricky spot I kept my hi… - Archilochus of Paros
" "I don't give a damn if some Thracian ape strut
Proud of that first-rate shield the bushes got.
Leaving it was hell, but in a tricky spot
I kept my hide intact. Good shields can be bought. (as translated by Stuart Silverman)
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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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Ἀρχίλοχος
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Nothing in the world can surprise me now. Nothing
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of the Olympians, has turned midday into black night
by shielding light from the blossoming sun,
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love crashing seawaves more than the warm mainland.
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