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Alcaeus [0-0] Greek
Rank: 105
Poet


Alcaeus of Mytilene, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island who is credited with inventing the Alcaic verse. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.


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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
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'Tis said that wrath is the last thing in a man to grow old.
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To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.
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Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
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