Social Commentaries
Fragment LXXVII: Kurnus, of all good things in human life
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
Kurnus, of all good things in human life,
Nothing can equal goodness in a wife.
In our own case we prove the proverb true ;
You vouch for me, my friend, and I for you.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXVII: Kurnus, of all good things in human life.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/80/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXVII: Kurnus, of all good things in human life.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/80/.
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