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Maxims of Theognis: Wine, I in part commend
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Wine, I in part commend thee, partly blame: neither can I wholly either ever hate or love thee. Good art thou, and bad. Nay, who would blame thee or who praise thee, if he has due measure of wisdom?
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: Wine, I in part commend.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/285/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Wine, I in part commend.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/285/.
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