All, O all the calamities of all the Hellenes are set loose… - Archilochus of Paros

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

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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The affairs of gold-laden Gyges do not interest me zealousy of the gods has never seized me nor anger at their deeds. But I have no love for great tyranny for its deeds are very far from my eyes.

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

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