Some Saian mountaineer Struts today with my shield. I threw it down by a bush and ran When the fighting got hot. Life seemed somehow more precious. It was a beautiful shield. I know where I can buy another Exactly like it, just as round.

Inscriptions found on orthostats from the sanctuary include quoted verses and historical records. The father is said to have betrothed his daughter Neobule to Archilochus but reneged on the agreement and the poet retaliated with such eloquent abuse that Lycambes Neobule and one or both of his other daughters committed suicide. 645 BC) was a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros in the Archaic period.

Archilochus or Archilochos (Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος) (c. However modern critics often characterize him simply as a lyric poet. 645 BC) was a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros in the Archaic period.