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Maxims of Theognis: Having learned this, dear comrade
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Having learned this, dear comrade, get riches justly, keeping a prudent spirit, afar from blind-folly, and ever remembering these my words; then at the last you will commend me, giving heed to a wise speech.
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: Having learned this, dear comrade.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/262/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Having learned this, dear comrade.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/262/.
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