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Maxims of Theognis: Drink wine, which to me
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Drink wine, which to me from the top of Taygetus vines have borne, which the old man, beloved by the gods, Theotimus, planted in the mountain glades, introducing cold water from the grove-of-plane-trees. Drinking of which, thou wilt dispel harsh cares, and when thou hast well drunk, wilt be far the lighter.
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: Drink wine, which to me.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/286/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Drink wine, which to me.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/286/.
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