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Maxims of Theognis: ’Tis impossible for mortals to
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
’Tis impossible for mortals to strive against immortals or to deal out justice. To none is this permitted.
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: ’Tis impossible for mortals to.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/253/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: ’Tis impossible for mortals to.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/253/.
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