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Maxims of Theognis: But when the sun indeed
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
But when the sun indeed just now cheers on his solid-hoofed steeds in ether, holding the middle of the day, then cease we from dinner, to go whither inclination leads every one, gratifying the appetite with all manner of good things. and let a comely Lacedæmonian maiden with slender hands quickly bring out water, and carry in the garlands.
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: But when the sun indeed.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/308/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: But when the sun indeed.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/308/.
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