Archilochus

Speech parts

1. Archilochus - Noun

2. Archilochus - Proper noun

Meaning

a genus of Trochilidae

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Examples

Literature was a vast minefield occupied by enemies, except for a few classic authors (just a few), and every day I had to walk through that minefield, where any false move could be fatal, with only the poems of Archilochus to guide me. Roberto Bolaño

Archilochus and Alcaeus were aristocratic Greeks whose poetry had a social and religious function that was immediately intelligible to their audiences but which became a mere artifice or literary motif when transposed to Rome. Source: Internet

J. Griffin, Gods and Religion, 182 Horace proudly claimed to introduce into Latin the spirit and iambic poetry of Archilochus but (unlike Archilochus) without persecuting anyone (Epistles 1.19.23–5). Source: Internet

Archilochus expanded use of the form to treat other themes, such as war, travel, or homespun philosophy. Source: Internet

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