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Archilochus
(c. 680 B.C. - 640 B.C.)
Greek poet.
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Science Quotes by Archilochus (2)
Nothing is there beyond hope
Nothing that can be sworn impossible
Nothing wonderful, since Zeus,
Father of the Olympians
Made night from mid-day
Hiding the bright sunlight
And sore fear came upon men.
[Perhaps written having seen the eclipse of 6 Apr 648 BC.]
Nothing that can be sworn impossible
Nothing wonderful, since Zeus,
Father of the Olympians
Made night from mid-day
Hiding the bright sunlight
And sore fear came upon men.
[Perhaps written having seen the eclipse of 6 Apr 648 BC.]
— Archilochus
Quoted in B S Shylaja, Eclipse (1999), 16.
The Fox knows many things—the hedgehog one big one.
— Archilochus
E. Diehl (ed.), Anthologia Lyrica Graeca (1925), 241, no.103.
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