"These golden matters Of Gyges and his treasuries Are no concern of mine. Jealousy has no power over me, Nor do I envy…"

"Some Saian mountaineer Struts today with my shield. I threw it down by a bush and ran When the fighting got hot. Life…"

"A Saian boasts about the shield which beside a bush though good armour I unwillingly left behind. I saved myself, so …"

"I don't give a damn if some Thracian ape strut Proud of that first-rate shield the bushes got. Leaving it was hell, b…"

"Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield. Nature's, not honour's, law w…"

"I have saved myself - what care I for that shield? Away with it! I'll get another one no worse."

"Be bold! That's one way Of getting through life. So I turn upon her And point out that, Faced with the wickedness Of …"

":translated by Guy Davenport, Carmina Archilochi: The Fragments of Archilochus (1964)"

"Heart, my heart, so battered with misfortune far beyond your strength, up, and face the men who hate us. Bare your ch…"

"The affairs of gold-laden Gyges do not interest me zealousy of the gods has never seized me nor anger at their deeds.…"