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archilochus

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1. Archilochus, genus Archilochusnoun

   a genus of Trochilidae

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1. Archilochusnoun

   An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 7th century Archaic or a Classical Greek poet.

2. Etymology: From Ἀρχίλοχος.

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1. Archilochus

   Archilochus (; Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος Arkhilokhos; 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 emotions and experiences.

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1. archilochus

   Archilochus is a Greek lyric poet of antiquity from the island of Paros, recognized for his pioneering use of personal themes in poetry. He lived in the seventh century BC and his work, known for its versatility and innovation, spans a range of genres and styles. He is often credited with inventing the poetic forms known as 'iambic' and 'elegiac'. He is also known for his use of colloquial language and vividly expressing a range of human emotions in his works. However, only fragments of his poetry currently survive.

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1. Archilochus

   Archilochus, or, Archilochos was a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros in the Archaic period. He is celebrated for his versatile and innovative use of poetic meters and as the earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences. Alexandrian scholars included him in their canonic list of iambic poets, along with Semonides and Hipponax, yet ancient commentators also numbered him with Tyrtaeus and Callinus as the possible inventor of the elegy. However modern critics often characterize him simply as a lyric poet. Although his work now only survives in fragments, he was revered by the ancient Greeks as one of their most brilliant authors, able to be mentioned in the same breath as Homer and Hesiod, yet he was also censured by them as the archetypal poet of blame—his invectives were even said to have driven his former fiancee and her father to suicide. He presented himself as a man of few illusions either in war or in love, such as in the following elegy, where discretion is seen to be the better part of valour: Archilochus was much imitated even up to Roman times and three other distinguished poets later claimed to have thrown away their shields—Alcaeus, Anacreon and Horace.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of archilochus in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of archilochus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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