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Maxims of Theognis: Fulness hath ere now destroyed
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Fulness hath ere now destroyed far more men, look you, than famine, to wit, as many as were desirous of having more than their share.
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: Fulness hath ere now destroyed.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/225/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Fulness hath ere now destroyed.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/225/.
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