I am a servant of Ares
Archilochus, Fr. 1
I am a servant of my Lord Ares,
but I also know well the lovely gift of the Muses
In the historical and poetic imagination, Archilochus represents the romantic intersection of the fighting and the poetic spirits; this dual aspect of his personality is captured with brevity in this poetic fragment, wherein he describes himself as both a warrior - servant of Ares, the god of warfare - and a poet - who knows the "lovely gift of the Muses"-. (from Wikipedia)
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