“Her breasts and her dark hair were perfume and even an old man would desire her.”
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Famous Archilochos Quotes
“As the figtree on its rock feeds many crows, so this simple girl sleeps with strangers.”
“His penis is swollen like a donkey from Priene taking his fill of barley.”
“My javelin is good white bread and Ismarian wine. When I find rest on my javelin I drink wine.”
“She is a common woman for rent, but what sensuality and fat ankles. O fat whore for hire!”
“Say goodbye to the island Paros, farewell to its figs and the seafaring life.”
“I am a servant of the kingly wargod Enyalios and am also skilled in the lovely arts.”
“I pray for one gift: that I might merely touch Neoboule's hand.”
“Glaukos, soldier of fortune, will be your friend until he begins to fight.”
“All, O all the calamities of all the Hellenes are set loose on this battleground in Thasos.”
“My lord Apollo, single out the guilty ones, and in your customary way, destroy them all.”
“I want to fight you just as when I am thirsty I want to drink.”
“No man, Aisimides, who bows to the mud-slinging mob has ever been capable of profound pleasures.”
“The fox knows many tricks, the hedgehog only one. A good one.”