person
Archilochus
also: Archilochum
The early Greek iambic and elegiac poet of Paros (7th c. BC), model of biting verse; among the great 'companions' Horace takes to the country.
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §73-85 Archilochus
Seventh-century Greek poet, inventor of the iambus, who armed it with his characteristic invective.
- The Epistles §1.19 Archilochus
The early Greek iambic and elegiac poet of Paros (7th c. BC), model of biting verse; among the great 'companions' Horace takes to the country.
- The Satires §2.3 Archilochus
The early Greek iambic poet of Paros (7th c. BC), byword for savage invective; one of the 'companions' Horace takes to the country.