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The Shield single work   poetry   satire   "So some Thracian savage is swanning around with my brand-new shield!"
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Shield
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Notes

  • Adapted from the Greek of Archilochus (Loeb 6, Lasserre 13)

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Notes:
Poem freely adapted from Greek texts
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Seventy Seven John Bray , Adelaide : Wakefield Press , 1990 Z558918 1990 selected work poetry Adelaide : Wakefield Press , 1990 pg. 44
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Collected Poems 1962-1991 John Bray , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2000 Z310687 2000 collected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2000 pg. 257
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Archilochus
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