Social Commentaries
Fragment I: Guided and aided by their holy will
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Guided and aided by their holy will,
Jove and Apollo, may they guard me still,
My course of youth in safety to fulfil :
Free from all evil, happy with my wealth,
In joyous easy years of peace and health.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment I: Guided and aided by their holy will.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/2/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment I: Guided and aided by their holy will.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/2/.
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