Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC)

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Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
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.
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.

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