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Archilochus

(ɑːˈkɪləkəs)

(Biography) 7th century bc, Greek poet of Paros, notable for using his own experience as subject matter

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Archilochus - a genus of Trochilidae

genus Archilochus

bird genus - a genus of birds

family Trochilidae, Trochilidae - hummingbirds

Archilochus colubris - a kind of hummingbird

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Here's something by the ancient poet Archilochos that I found sexy (but that also gave me something to think about after):

The body naked: Hannah Gamble

In a wonderful discussion of Cavafy's relations with the love poets of the Greek Anthology, many of whom Economou translated in his 2006 book Acts of Love, he uses lines by Archilochos to show how in "Grey" Cavafy transforms "cruel glee" at a beloved's loss of beauty into "the image of the beloved and his once beautiful .

C.P. Cavafy. Complete Plus: The Poems of C.P. Cavafy in English

Na die inleiding word die belangrikste vroee jambiese digters, vanaf die Argaiese tot die Hellenistiese tyd, bespreek: Archilochos van Paros (7de eeu voor gemene era), Semonides van Amorgos (7de eeu v.

Die berispende stem: vroee Griekse jambiese poesie vertaal en toegelig

Die volgende twee fragmente kan as tiperend van Archilochos se hekeldigte gesien word:

W J Henderson, Die berispende stem. Vroee Griekse jambiese poesie vertaal en toegelig

Archilochos en Semonides, tot en met Kallimachos van Aleksandrie in die Hellenistiese tydperk word vertaal en toegelig met diepsinnige kommentaar wat op jarelange navorsing geskoei is.

Klassieke griekse jambiese poesie: 'n Afrikaanse bron

The hoplite phalanx with special references to the poems of Archilochos and Tyrtaeus.

A historiography on the war in ancient Greece: from the "account-battles" to the historical-cultural approach/A historiografia sobre a guerra na Grecia antiga: dos "relatos-batalha" a abordagem historico-cultural

The educational tradition began with lyric poets like Archilochos, who sounded themes like "make love, not war.