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Maxims of Theognis: Muses and Graces, daughters of
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Muses and Graces, daughters of Jove, who of old went to the nuptials of Cadmus, and sang a noble strain: “what is beautiful, is dear, and that which is not beautiful, is not dear.” Through immortal mouths this word hath come.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Literal prose translation by the Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856), printed as prose: the plain-sense companion to Frere’s verse version. Banks’s hyphenated compounds are his own.
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MLA
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Muses and Graces, daughters of.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/114/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Muses and Graces, daughters of.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/114/.
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