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Maxims of Theognis: To lay-low a tyrant that
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
To lay-low a tyrant that grindeth-down-his-people, even as you will, is no call for wrath on the part of the gods.
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: To lay-low a tyrant that.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/351/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: To lay-low a tyrant that.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/351/.
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