Look, Glaukos, how heavy seawaves leap skyward! Over the Gy… - Archilochus of Paros

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Look, Glaukos, how heavy seawaves leap skyward!
Over the Gyrai rocks hangs a black cloud,
a signal of winter storm.
From the unforseen comes fear.

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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Look, Glaukos, how heavy seawaves leap skyward! Over the Gyrai rocks hangs a black cloud, a signal of winter storm. From the unforseen comes fear. - Archilochus of Paros

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