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Archilochus was an ancient
Greek
satyrist
,
poet
, and
mercenary
who lived circa 450 BCE. Very little of his poetry has survived, most of what did are just fragments. His poetry is shockingly
lewd
, most of them containing references to
sexual acts
or organs. Other poems of his glorify such acts as running away from a battle, or standing
drunk
on your spear. Unlike many
writers
for years to come, he was not of
noble
class. When his future father-in-law later withdrew his proposal to let Archilochus marry his daughter, Archilochus wrote such a scathing series of poems that the man killed himself along with his entire immediate family so as to avoid
public disgrace
. Archilochus worked as a
mercenary
in several campaigns, which heavily influenced his poetry. One of his best poems is about how he ran from a battlefield, dropping his shield in the process. Archilochus is most widely known as the
father of satire
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First Archilochian Stanza
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Third Archilochian Stanza
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