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Archilochus ( / ɑːrˈkɪləkəs /; Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος Arkhílokhos; c. 680 – c. 645 BC) [a] was a Greek lyric poet of the Archaic period from the island of Paros. He is celebrated for his versatile and innovative use of poetic meters, and is the earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences.
Archilochus (flourished c. 650 bce, Paros [Cyclades, Greece]) was a poet and soldier, the earliest Greek writer of iambic, elegiac, and personal lyric poetry whose works have survived to any considerable extent. The surviving fragments of his work show him to have been a metrical innovator of the highest ability.
“He means Archilochus, who attacked Lycambes so bitterly with abusive verses that he committed suicide. Archilochus attacked him because he denied him his daughter's hand after promising it.” Scholiast on Horace Epodes:
Archilochus (Greek: Αρχιλοχος) (ca. 680 B.C.E. – ca. 645 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek poet and mercenary. His works are, unfortunately, almost entirely lost; in the present day only fragments of Archilochus' poems survive.
Archilochus is credited as one of the most innovative poets of ancient history. As previously stated, Archilochus was the first poet to write on his own experiences and emotions, which contrasts sharply with the more formulaic and heroic traditions that preceded him.
Archilochus (Arkhilokhos) of Paros (ca. 680 – ca. 640 BCE) Archilochus was noted in ancient times for outspoken vituperative iambic poetry. He lived in a time of colonization and vigorous intellectual movement, in which there was often a tendency to challenge the prevailing aristocratic status and ideals.
The life of Archilochus, as has been noted, shares a number of themes with the life of Aesop. [ 1] An examination of the scattered but telling details from his biographical tradition will show that his vita sometimes fits closely into the pattern found in Aesop’s life, that of the sacral blame poet who is rejected by society.
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