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Theognis of Megara

Born in 540 BC / Died in 480 BC / Greece / Greek

Theognis of Megara poet from Greece was born in 540 Before Crist, had 60 years and died in 480 Before Crist. Poems were written in Ancient mainly in Greek language. Dominant movement is classicism.

Top ten poems Theognis of Megara

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Fragments - Lines 0667 - 0682

... The deckhands are in control, and the base have the upper hand over the noble ...

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Fragments - Lines 0467 - 0496

... As for the rest of you, take care in what you say as you linger around the wine bowl, ...

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... You the most beautiful of immortals, beside the wheel-round lake, ...

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Fragments - Lines 0183 - 0192

...  Is growing feeble, for what is noble is being mixed with what is base ...

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... For you, the giver, it is still honorable, and for me as lover it is not shameful ...

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...  With furious energy, taking joy in the plain that brings forth wheat ...

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Fragments - Lines 1267 - 1270

...  And in just this way the boy too loves whoever is at hand ...

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Fragments - Lines 0173 - 0178

... Indeed, to avoid it one should even throw oneself into the sea's ...

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Fragments - Lines 0783 - 0788

...  So true is it, after all, that nothing is dearer than one's homeland ...

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Fragments - Lines 0001 - 0004

...  Forget, either beginning or coming to an end, ...

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