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Maxims of Theognis: Neither aid any tyrant in
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Neither aid any tyrant in the hopes that ’tis matter of gain, nor slay him, when you have entered into covenants sworn before the gods.
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: Neither aid any tyrant in.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/273/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Neither aid any tyrant in.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/273/.
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