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Archilochus

(ɑːˈkɪləkəs)
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(Biography) 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    
genus Archilochus
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Trochilidae, Trochilidae - hummingbirds
Archilochus colubris - a kind of hummingbird
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Im Vergleich zu Herodot, Archilochos und Stesichoros halt Longin Platon fur den homerischsten (malista) Autor und meint zudem, der Athener hatte nie so viele philosophische Blumen bluhen lassen sowie sich an die poetischen Stoffe und Sprache angewagt, ware er nicht mit Homer im Wettbewerb gewesen.
On Plato's artistic definition of philosophy: the Dialogues as the highest form of poetry/Zu Platons kunstlerischer Bestimmung der Philosophie: die Dialoge als hochste Form von Dichtung
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.g.e.), Solon van Atene (7de/6de eeu v.g.e), Hipponax van Efese (6de eeu v.g.e.), Skuthinos van Teos (5de of 4de eeu v.g.e.) en Kallimachos van Alexandrie (4de/3de eeu v.g.e.).
Die berispende stem: vroee Griekse jambiese poesie vertaal en toegelig
Vervolgens word die die digters Archilochos, Semonides, Solon, Hipponax, Skuthinos en Kallimachos agtereenvolgens bespreek en hul fragmente vertaal en toegelig.
W J Henderson, Die berispende stem. Vroee Griekse jambiese poesie vertaal en toegelig
Jambiese poesie vanaf die vroee sewende eeu v.C., 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

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