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Maxims of Theognis: Insolence, O Cyrnus, the god
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Insolence, O Cyrnus, the god is wont to present as the first evil to the man, whom he is about to hold in no esteem. Fulness, look you, breeds insolence, whensoever wealth attends a mean man, and one whose mind is not sound.
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: Insolence, O Cyrnus, the god.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/131/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Insolence, O Cyrnus, the god.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/131/.
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