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Maxims of Theognis: The cares of men have
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
The cares of men have had allotted to them, and possess, various wings, being divided for the sake of spirit and subsistence.
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: The cares of men have.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/363/.
Chicago
Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: The cares of men have.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/363/.
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