Heraclitus, fr. 42 D.-K.

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τόν τε Ὅμηρον ἔφασκεν ἄξιον ἐκ τῶν ἀγώνων ἐκβάλλεσθαι καὶ ῥαπίζεσθαι καὶ Ἀρχίλοχον ὁμοίως.

And he [Heraclitus] claimed Homer deserved to be kicked out of poetic contests and clubbed, and Archilochus as well.



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