Social Commentaries
Fragment LXXXVIII: All kinds of shabby shifts are understood
Translated by John Hookham Frere (1842; Bohn 1856) · From Fragments of Theognis (Frere, 1842)
Social Commentaries
All kinds of shabby shifts are understood,
All kinds of arts are practis’d, bad and good ;
All kinds of ways to gain a livelihood.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXVIII: All kinds of shabby shifts are understood.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/91/.
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Megara, Theognis of. “Fragment LXXXVIII: All kinds of shabby shifts are understood.” Translated by John Hookham Frere. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theognis/91/.
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