But the deformed Hipponax of Ephesus, a poet crushed down by poverty, wrote far bitterer verses than Phocylides.

He lived about 550 B.C.

"His own ugliness (according to Bernhardy) is reflected in every one of his Choliambics." ] "How beautifully you speak!" exclaimed Bartja.

"Greek was not easy to learn, but I am very glad now that I did not give it up in despair, and really paid attention to Croesus' lessons." "Who could those men have been," asked Darius, "who dared to speak evil of women ?" "A couple of Greek poets," answered Amasis, "the boldest of men, for I confess I would rather provoke a lioness than a woman.

But these Greeks do not know what fear is.