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Maxims of Theognis: Then may the broad brazen
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Then may the broad brazen vault-of-heaven fall on me from above, that terror of men of olden-time, if I shall not help them indeed who love me: but be to my foes a vexation and great source-of-loss.
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: Then may the broad brazen.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/284/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Then may the broad brazen.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/284/.
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