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Maxims of Theognis: Let us then stake our
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Let us then stake our dear spirits on festivals, while yet they can bear the delightsome works of enjoyment. For quickly as thought passes brilliant youth, neither is the speed of coursers fleeter, even those which impetuously bear a spear-brandishing warrior to the struggle of men, whilst they exult in the wheat-bearing plain.
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: Let us then stake our.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/305/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Let us then stake our.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/305/.
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