person
Archilochus of Paros
Archilochus
also: Archilochus, Archilochian, Archilochean, Archilochio, Archilochia
Greek iambic and elegiac poet of Paros (7th c. BC), the archetype of savage personal invective. Cicero calls Bibulus's venomous edicts against Caesar and Pompey "Archilochean" (Att. 2.20.6, 2.21.4).