Social Commentaries
Fragment LXXIII: Alas, for our disgrace! Cerinthus lost
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Alas, for our disgrace! Cerinthus lost !
The fair Lelantian plain! a plundering host
Invade it—all the brave banish’d or fled!
Within the town, lewd ruffians in their stead
Rule it at random.—Such is our disgrace !
May Jove confound the Cypselizing race!
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXIII: Alas, for our disgrace! Cerinthus lost.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/75/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXIII: Alas, for our disgrace! Cerinthus lost.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/75/.
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