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Maxims of Theognis: But growing old, he is
Translated by Rev. J. Banks (Bohn, 1856) · From Hesiod, Callimachus and Theognis (Bohn, 1856)
But growing old, he is distinguished among the citizens, nor does any wish to hurt him, in point of respect or justice.
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: But growing old, he is.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/365/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Maxims of Theognis: But growing old, he is.” Translated by Rev. J. Banks. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/365/.
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