Social Commentaries
Fragment XV: Pride and oppressive rule destroy’d the state
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Pride and oppressive rule destroy’d the state ?
Of the Magnesians—Such was Smyrna’s fate ;
Smyrna the rich, and Colophon the great !
And ours, my friend, will follow, soon or late.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XV: Pride and oppressive rule destroy’d the state.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/16/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment XV: Pride and oppressive rule destroy’d the state.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/16/.
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