Living
Maxims of Theognis: Nor is it right to
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Living
Nor is it right to swear this, “that this thing shall never be,” for the gods also, in whose hands is the issue, are wroth.
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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: Nor is it right to.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/248/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Nor is it right to.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/248/.
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