Living
Maxims of Theognis: Be it mine to be
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
Living
Be it mine to be rich, aloof from evil cares, and to live harmlessly, meeting-with no ill.
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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: Be it mine to be.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/342/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: Be it mine to be.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/342/.
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