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Theognis of Megara

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“δειλοὺς δ᾿ εὖ ἔρδοντι ματαιοτάτη χάρις ἐστίν· ἶσον καὶ σπείρειν πόντον ἁλὸς πολιῆς.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 105–106 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“πολλοί τοι πόσιος καὶ βρώσιός εἰσιν ἑταῖροι, ἐν δὲ σπουδαίῳ πρήγματι παυρότεροι.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“οὐδέ τις ἀνθρώπων ἐργάζεται ἐν φρεσὶν εἰδὼς ἐς τέλος εἴτ᾿ ἀγαθὸν γίνεται εἴτε κακόν. πολλάκι γὰρ δοκέων θήσειν κακὸν ἐσθλὸν ἔθηκεν, καί τε δοκῶν θήσειν ἐσθλὸν ἔθηκε κακόν.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 135–138 (tr. J. Banks, 1856)
“ἄνθρωποι δὲ μάταια νομίζομεν, εἰδότες οὐδέν· θεοὶ δὲ κατὰ σφέτερον πάντα τελοῦσι νόον.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 141–142 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“βούλεο δ᾿ εὐσεβέων ὀλίγοις σὺν χρήμασιν οἰκεῖν ἢ πλουτεῖν ἀδίκως χρήματα πασάμενος.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 145–146 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἐν δὲ δικαιοσύνῃ συλλήβδην πᾶσ᾿ ἀρετή ᾿στιν, πᾶς δέ τ᾿ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς Κύρνε δίκαιος ἐών.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 147–148 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“χρήματα μὲν δαίμων καὶ παγκάκῳ ἀνδρὶ δίδωσιν Κύρν᾿· ἀρετῆς δ᾿ ὀλίγοις ἀνδράσι μοῖρ᾿ ἕπεται.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τίκτει τοι κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν κακῷ ὄλβος ἕπηται.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἄλλ᾿ ἄλλῳ κακόν ἐστι, τὸ δ᾿ ἀτρεκὲς ὄλβιος οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων ὁπόσους ἠέλιος καθορᾷ.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To every man a different woe; on one Who's truly happy ne'er the sun looks down. (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ὃν δὲ θεοὶ τιμῶσιν, ὁ καὶ μωμεύμενος αἰνεῖ· ἀνδρὸς δὲ σπουδὴ γίνεται οὐδεμία.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 169–170 (tr. D. Wender, 1973)
“πουλύπου ὀργὴν ἴσχε πολυπλόκου, ὃς ποτὶ πέτρῃ, τῇ προσομιλήσῃ, τοῖος ἰδεῖν ἐφάνη.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“οὐ χρὴ κιγκλίζειν ἀγαθὸν βίον, ἀλλ᾿ ἀτρεμίζειν, τὸν δὲ κακὸν κινεῖν ἔστ᾿ ἂν ἐς ὀρθὰ βάλῃς.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 303–304 (tr. D. Wender, 1973)
“πολλοί τοι πλουτοῦσι κακοί, ἀγαθοὶ δὲ πένονται· ἀλλ᾿ ἡμεῖς τούτοις οὐ διαμειψόμεθα τῆς ἀρετῆς τὸν πλοῦτον, ἐπεὶ τὸ μὲν ἔμπεδον αἰεί, χρήματα δ᾿ ἀνθρώπων ἄλλοτε ἄλλος ἔχει.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πολλοῖς ἀνθρώπων γλώσσῃ θύρᾳ οὐκ ἐπίκεινται ἁρμόδιαι, καί σφιν πόλλ᾿ ἀμέλητα πέλει.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 421–422 (tr. D. Wender, 1973)
“πάντων μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστον, μηδ᾿ ἐσιδεῖν αὐγὰς ὀξέος ἠελίου, φύντα δ᾿ ὅπως ὤκιστα πύλας Ἀΐδαο περῆσαι καὶ κεῖσθαι πολλὴν γῆν ἐπαμησάμενον.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“φῦσαι καὶ θρέψαι ῥᾷον βροτὸν ἢ φρένας ἐσθλὰς ἐνθέμεν· οὐδεί πω τοῦτό γ᾿ ἐπεφράσατο, ᾧ τις σώφρον᾿ ἔθηκε τὸν ἄφρονα κἀκ κακοῦ ἐσθλόν. εἰ δ᾿ Ἀσκληπιάδαις τοῦτό γ᾿ ἔδωκε θεός, ἰᾶσθαι κακότητα καὶ ἀτηρὰς φρένας ἀνδρῶν, πολλοὺς ἂν μισθοὺς καὶ μεγάλους ἔφερον. εἰ δ᾿ ἦν ποιητόν τε καὶ ἔνθετον ἀνδρὶ νόημα, οὔποτ᾿ ἂν ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ πατρὸς ἔγεντο κακός, πειθόμενος μύθοισι σαόφροσιν· ἀλλὰ διδάσκων οὔποτε ποιήσει τὸν κακὸν ἄνδρ᾿ ἀγαθόν.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἀμφ᾿ ἀρετῇ τρίβου, καί τοι τὰ δίκαια φίλ᾿ ἔστω, μηδέ σε νικάτω κέρδος ὅ τ᾿ αἰσχρὸν ἔῃ.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 465–466 (tr. D. Wender, 1973)
“ἐν πυρὶ μὲν χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον ἴδριες ἄνδρες γινώσκουσ᾿, ἀνδρὸς δ᾿ οἶνος ἔδειξε νόον.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 499–500 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“οὐ σὲ μάτην ὦ Πλοῦτε βροτοὶ τιμῶσι μάλιστα· ἦ γὰρ ῥηϊδίως τὴν κακότητα φέρεις.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 523–524 (tr. D. Wender, 1973)
“οὗτος ἀνὴρ φίλε Κύρνε πέδας χαλκεύεται αὑτῷ, εἰ μὴ ἐμὴν γνώμην ἐξαπατῶσι θεοί.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 539–540 (tr. D. Wender, 1973)
“ἐχθαίρω δὲ γυναῖκα περίδρομον, ἄνδρά τε μάργον, ὃς τὴν ἀλλοτρίην βούλετ᾿ ἄρουραν ἀροῦν.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 581–582 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν προβέβηκεν, ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι ἀργά· τὰ δ᾿ ἐξοπίσω, τῶν φυλακὴ μελέτω.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Those things are past, undone they cannot be, But what's to come watch thou with anxious care. (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“φορτηγοὶ δ᾿ ἄρχουσι, κακοὶ δ᾿ ἀγαθῶν καθύπερθεν.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τὰ γὰρ περιώσια πάντα χρήματ᾿ ἔχων οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται εἰς Ἀΐδεω.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“βοῦς μοι ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ κρατερῷ ποδὶ λὰξ ἐπιβαίνων ἴσχει κωτίλλειν καίπερ ἐπιστάμενον.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 815–816 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“αἶψα γὰρ ὥστε νόημα παρέρχεται ἀγλαὸς ἥβη.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἥδ᾿ ἀρετή, τόδ᾿ ἄεθλον ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἄριστον κάλλιστόν τε φέρειν γίνεται ἀνδρὶ σοφῷ.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1003–1004 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“ἄφρονες ἄνθρωποι καὶ νήπιοι, οἵ τε θανόντας κλαίουσ᾿, οὐδ᾿ ἥβης ἄνθος ἀπολλύμενον.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1069–1070 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“Ἐλπὶς ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μόνη θεὸς ἐσθλὴ ἔνεστιν, ἄλλοι δ᾿ Οὔλυμπόν⟨δ᾿⟩ ἐκπρολιπόντες ἔβαν.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines 1135–1136 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
“οὐδὲν Κύρν᾿ ἀγαθῆς γλυκερώτατόν ἐστι γυναικός.”
Theognis of Megara (570–485 BC) said by 485 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Line 1225 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)