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Maxims of Theognis: Among companions-at-a-meal, be a prudent
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Among companions-at-a-meal, be a prudent man; and deem that all escapes his notice, as if absent. Know how to endure jokes, and be brave out-of-doors, understanding what temper each has.
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: Among companions-at-a-meal, be a prudent.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/157/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Among companions-at-a-meal, be a prudent.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/157/.
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