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Maxims of Theognis: Goud Sir, let us be
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Goud Sir, let us be companions one to another at a distance. There is satiety of everything save wealth. Long then let us be even friends; but do thou associate with other men also, who better know thy mind.
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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MLA
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Goud Sir, let us be.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/222/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Goud Sir, let us be.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/222/.
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