Archilochus (7th century BC, from Paros) wrote elegiac and iambic poetry, and was by some even considered the inventor of iambics. His poetry covered many subjects, from light-hearted to bitter, but his reputation in the Classical and post-Classical periods is based on his verses which attacked people.

The Suda says this about him.

• Archilochus 13 (West)
• Archilochus 196A, the Cologne Epode

Useful documents elsewhere:

• Professor William Harris' preface to The Fragmentary Poems of Archilochus.
• And his text and commentary of the fragments (PDF file).