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Maxims of Theognis: ’Tis right that I, O
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
’Tis right that I, O Cyrnus, should adjudicate this cause by rule and square, and deal fair play to both sides, namely, to oracular birds, and to burnt sacrifices, that so I may not incur the foul disgrace of error.
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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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: ’Tis right that I, O.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/207/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: ’Tis right that I, O.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/207/.
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