Sources and commentary

 detail from Archilochos monument - gives link to home page 

For 118 Campbell states (on page 161) 'Quoted for the metre by Hephaestion.'

For The Appendix Campbell states (on page 463) 'The beginning of the poem, a narration with lively dialogue between boy (ostensibly Archilochus himself) and girl (Neobule's sister), may have been on the following lines: Boy: 'Let's make love.' Girl: 'My mother said not before marriage.' The papyrus fragment begins in the middle of her speech and continues to the end of the poem. ... The sexual imagery is interesting; the language combines epic formaulas with colloquialisms... 'that devine business' must refer to full sexual intercourse.'

          
  Image of a young girl.