Some barbarian is waving my shield
Archilochus, fr. 5
Some barbarian is boasting about my shield, since I threw
that fine armour beside a bush, though against my will.
But I saved my life, so what does it matter?
Let the shield go; I will soon get a better one.
[lang_it]Archiloco, lirico greco del VII sec. a.C., nei suoi componimenti rinnega quelli che erano i valori della società omerica. Fare la guerra è diventato un mestiere e non c'è più spazio per l'eroismo: si può anche abbandonare lo scudo pur di salvare la pelle.Archilochus was a Greek lyric poet lived in the VII century B.C. In his poems he rejected the values of homeric society. He was a mercenary, not a hero anymore. He even threw away his shield in order to save his life.
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