SOURCE: “Archilochus: Blame,” in Three Archaic Poets: Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Harvard University Press, 1983, pp. 55-76.
In the following essay, Burnett examines Archilochus's fables, particularly their element of anger that led to his reputation as the poet of abuse.
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