And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.
Archilochus
Old women should not seek to be perfumed.
Archilochus
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Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Pindar, Aristophanes, Menander, Homer, Hesiod, Giorgos Seferis
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Biography
Type: Poet
Nationality: Greek
Born: 680 BC
Died: 645 BC
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