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Maxims of Theognis: May peace and wealth possess
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
May peace and wealth possess the state, that I may revel with others, for I love not baneful war. Neither do thou too much lend an ear, when the herald shouts loud and far: for we are not fighting for our father-land. Yet ’tis disgraceful, when present and mounted on fleet-footed steeds, not to look upon tearful war.
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: May peace and wealth possess.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/287/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: May peace and wealth possess.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/287/.
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