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Maxims of Theognis: To an exile, believe me
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
To an exile, believe me, none is a friend and faithful comrade, and this is more vexatious than banishment itself.
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: To an exile, believe me.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/142/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: To an exile, believe me.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/142/.
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