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Maxims of Theognis: Never may other fresher care
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Never may other fresher care present itself to me, in place of charming wisdom; but may I ever, possessing this, delight myself with lyre, with dance, and song; and with these blessings may I have a noble 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: Never may other fresher care.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/266/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Never may other fresher care.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/266/.
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