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Maxims of Theognis: Never, Cyrnus, trustingly consult with
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Never, Cyrnus, trustingly consult with a mean man, when you may wish to accomplish a serious matter: but go to a man-of-worth, and take advice, after you have made great efforts, and accomplished, Cyrnus, a long journey afoot.
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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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Never, Cyrnus, trustingly consult with.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/119/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Never, Cyrnus, trustingly consult with.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/119/.
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