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Maxims of Theognis: To many useless men the
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
To many useless men the god gives good wealth, which being nothing, is better neither to itself nor its friends. But the great glory of martial excellence will never perish, for a warrior saves both country and city.
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: To many useless men the.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/283/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: To many useless men the.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/283/.
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