Social Commentaries
Fragment XCVI: Plutus! of all the gods the first and best
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Plutus! of all the gods the first and best,
My wrongs with your assistance are redrest ;
Now, reinstated in respectability,
In spite of all my baseness and humility.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XCVI: Plutus! of all the gods the first and best.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/100/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XCVI: Plutus! of all the gods the first and best.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/100/.
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