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Maxims of Theognis: But if any of my
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
But if any of my friends sees me in any trouble, turning his head away, he does not even choose to look on me; yet if any good comes to me from any quarter, such as often happen to a man, I find many greetings and friendships.
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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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: But if any of my.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/281/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: But if any of my.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/281/.
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