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Archilochus (/ ɑːr ˈ k ɪ l ə k ə s /; Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος Arkhílokhos; c. 680 – c. 645 BC) 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 ...
Archilochus 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Archilochus, who in his censure makes the father speak of the daughter in the Iambic poem: 96. There is nothing in the world unexpected, nothing to be sworn impossible nor yet marvellous, now that Zeus the Father of the Olympians hath made night of noon by hiding the light of the shining Sun so that sore fear came upon mankind.
Ancient Greece was home to some of the most amazing writers and storytellers in history, one of whom was the poet Archilochus. While most modern readers have never heard of Archilochus, Archilochus was immensely famous and revered in his time, his name being spoken in company with Homer and Hesiod.
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.
Learn about Archilochus, an ancient Greek poet who wrote iambic verses criticizing aristocratic ideals and practices. See his original text, biographical information, and sources from The National Museum of Language.
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A chapter from a book on poetic scapegoats in Greco-Roman and Indo-European myth and history. It explores the biographical tradition of Archilochus, a poet who was commissioned by the Muses and rejected by society for his obscene verses.
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