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Archilochus

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Archilochus [ɑːˈkɪləkəs]
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(Biographies / Archilochus (7th century bc-7th century bc) M, Greek, WRITING: poet) 7th century bc, Greek poet of Paros, notable for using his own experience as subject matter
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Noun1.Archilochus - a genus of TrochilidaeArchilochus - a genus of Trochilidae              
bird genus - a genus of birds
Archilochus colubris - a kind of hummingbird


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The date of such a work cannot be high: Croiset thinks it may belong to the period of Archilochus (c.
I will describe around me a picture and shadow of virtue to be the vestibule and exterior of my house; behind I will trail the subtle and crafty fox, as Archilochus, greatest of sages, recommends.
Thus, the fable of the "Hawk and the Nightingale" is related by Hesiod; 4 the "Eagle wounded by an Arrow, winged with its own Feathers," by Aeschylus; 5 the "Fox avenging his wrongs on the Eagle," by Archilochus.
 
 
 
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